George Simion condemns the drone attack in Galați and accuses the incompetence of the governors. However, AUR, POT and SOS Romania voted against the law authorizing the downing of drones. Moreover, they also challenged the law at the CCR
AUR attacks in several voices the lack of reaction of the authorities in the case of the Russian drone that fell over a block of flats in Galati. A year or so ago, however, AUR MPs voted against the law allowing the Army to shoot down drones.
“It was not easy. At the twelfth hour, stop setting fire to the country and let a LEGITIMATE government take over! You have shown your incapacity. You would have been able to blame us even for the drone tonight. Or on this background install prime ministers who do not even have a few percent of the popular vote. A few months ago you were saying that because of the GOLD you could not shoot down the drones… We condemn the attack tonight, the incompetence and imposture of the current leaders: step aside and let the Romanians decide,” wrote George Simion on Facebook.
The word Russia does not appear in Simion's post.
For her part, AUR deputy Ramona Ioana Bruynseels harshly accuses the authorities for the lack of reaction in the case of the Russian drone that fell over a block of flats in Galati. In 2025, however, Bruyneseels accused from the microphone of the Chamber of Deputies the voting of the law that allowed the downing of drones. AUR, POT and SOS then voted against the law, which they then challenged in the Constitutional Court.
“Four years of war on Romania's borders, dozens of incidents on the national territory, and last night, a drone fell on a block of flats in Galati. The drone was tracked by radars. The F-16s took off. The pilots had employment authorization. And yet, people from Galati woke up to the war at home. In Estonia, last week, a Romanian pilot shot down a Russian drone during the mission NATO from the Baltic States was able. There was a reaction. Far from home, in Romania, no one could, because it is not about the ability of our pilots, but the tools they have at their disposal,” says AUR.
AUR voted against the law and Bruynseels was the “spokesperson” voice
More than a year ago, in February 2025, the party led by George Simion, but also the rest of the sovereignist parties, POT and SOS Romania, voted against the law authorizing the Army to shoot down drones that enter Romanian territory.
According to Digi 24, the law was adopted by deputies with 196 votes “for”, 99 “against” and two abstentions. Of the 99 votes against, 55 were from AUR, 24 from SOS Romania and 20 from the Young People's Party.
George Simion did not vote then at all.
In the plenary at that time, it was Ramona Ioana Bruynseels who accused the way the law was voted. “Dear colleagues, earlier it was said that the army is one of the few institutions that have remained credible. That's how it is and we respect the army. Let's not do it in such a way that we ourselves discredit it. Because if we come up with such PLXs that in the end present risks of discrediting the Romanian army, we solve absolutely nothing, on the contrary. You said that these regulations are absolutely necessary. We agree with you, they are absolutely necessary, but you had two years at your disposal, during which you could have thought about them very well, you could have analyzed them, respected the legal logic, aligned the regulations of the Constitution and come before us with some bills that stand and that offer guarantees to Romanian citizens that their rights and freedoms will be respected, regardless of who gets to govern and what might happen in our country”, said Bruynseels, according to Agerpres.
Later, the three parties appealed the law to the CCR, which rejected the referral. The law was later promulgated by the President of Romania.
At that time, the PNL-PSD candidate for the presidential elections, Crin Antonescu, accused Simion.
“George Simion loses. Romania wins. The Constitutional Court rejected Simion's appeal and gave the green light to the law that allows the Romanian army to shoot down Russian drones that violate our airspace. Simion attacked this law. He put national security at risk, thus making Russia's game,” Crin Antonescu wrote in a post on Facebook.
