Romania’s centrist parties still unable to reach consensus over new PM

13 July 2026 The leaders of Romania’s Social Democratic Party (PSD), National Liberal Party (PNL), Save Romania Union (USR), and Hungarian minority party UDMR have emerged from the consultations initiated by president Nicusor Dan on Monday, July 13, without a solution to resolve the current political crisis, PSD leader Sorin Grindeanu announced. The crisis began in May after the Social Democrats voted alongside the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians Party (AUR) to dismiss the Liberal-led Ilie Bolojan government, despite existing agreements with coalition partners. Ever since then, parties in the Romanian Parliament have proved unable to form a majority, with votes split roughly one-third for each of the three sides: the Social Democrats, the reformist PNL-USR alliance, and the s