Ciolacu: “If the PSD leaves the government, we will go to early elections/ Things are leading to the breakup of the coalition”

Former Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu stated, on Antena 3, that the eventual exit of the Social Democrats from the ruling coalition will lead to early elections. Although he appreciated that the political instability would be “a misfortune”, Ciolacu said that he would probably vote to leave the government if the dialogue with the prime minister stalls.

Asked why the PSD does not leave the government, given the constant disputes with Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, Ciolacu replied: “If the PSD leaves the government, if we only look at the numbers, then you will never govern and you will not do anything good for the country.”

“I am not urging anyone to leave the government”

The former prime minister does not believe that the social democrats could support a minority government, thus the possibility of early elections is emerging.

“If any misfortune befalls Romania, it is political instability. If the PSD leaves this government, at that moment we will go to early elections because I assume that the PSD will not vote for a minority government”, commented Ciolacu.

President CJ Buzău claims that the next two months are a crossroads period for the future of the coalition, citing PSD's request that the package to reduce administrative expenses be adopted simultaneously with the one for economic recovery.

“My opinion is that things lead to breaking the coalition. I do not recommend breaking the coalition, it must be discussed to the end because a political crisis will affect the economic climate even more”, said Marcel Ciolacu.

He specified that he does not support leaving the government as long as it is still possible for the parties in the coalition to reach an agreement on the essential issues “I am not urging anyone to leave the government, but I do not know how I will vote if I am called to the party. If any way of communication closes, I would vote for leaving the government”, concluded Marcel Ciolacu.

The duel of declarations

Lately, the former prime minister attacked Ilie Bolojan on several occasions, to whom he blamed the country's economic situation. The latest criticism came on Friday, after the National Institute of Statistics announced that Romania entered a technical recession. Bolojan recalled that the technical recession also appeared during the period when Ciolacu was prime minister.

In reply, Ciolacu accused Bolojan of hypocrisy for boasting of “economic growth of 0.6% in 2025, although it has no merit”:

“Everything is based only on the advance from the first two quarters of the year – when he was just appearing at Cotroceni. The next two quarters are owed exclusively to him, and they are equivalent to the recession,” the former prime minister said.

“This is the effect of Bolojan's great reforms – we cut everything, people's lives don't matter!” Ciolacu added.

A reply from the Government came through the voice of Dragoș Pîslaru, the Minister of Investments and European Projects, who accused the former Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu and his ministers of “taking Romania to the fence”, and now blames the current government for the state of the country's economy. Pîslaru now asks them to at least not stand in the way of those who want to repair the disaster.

“Dozens of clueless politicians who became ministers overnight and, worse, prime ministers, made fun of the public money. Who are they? They are those “smart” guys who have worked all their lives in the state and all that: they fly to Monaco in private planes, but they can't find the bills; they take their Rolex off their wrist and hide it in their pocket when they go out for press conferences; they drive 100,000 Euro cars, rented from the “ex” wife's company; they take their vacations in luxury resorts with their mistresses, whose companies are subscribed to the public purse”, writes Dragoș Pîslaru in a post on Facebook, alluding, among others, to Marcel Ciolacu and his successor at the head of the PSD, Sorin Grindeanu.