Bucharest, May 6: The bicameral Parliament of Romania passed a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ily Bolojan’s government on Tuesday, with 281 votes in favor and only four against, leading to the government’s collapse. This information was confirmed through a live broadcast from the Parliament.
According to the constitution, following the passage of this motion, Bolojan will now have a caretaker government. This means that the government will only be able to carry out day-to-day administrative tasks and will not be able to enact new laws or issue emergency orders. The term of this interim government can last a maximum of 45 days.
Ily, from the National Liberal Party, took office as Prime Minister in June 2025. However, his strict economic policies and proposals to sell certain strategic state assets faced strong opposition from the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the largest party in the country and a former part of the ruling coalition.
In April, the PSD withdrew its political support from the government and removed all its ministers. The party demanded Ily’s resignation, but he refused to comply.
Local media outlet Digi24 reported that on April 28, Romania’s two major parliamentary parties, the PSD and the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), presented the no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Ily in Parliament.
To pass a no-confidence motion in Romania’s 464-seat Parliament, at least 233 votes are required. The PSD and AUR together hold around 220 seats, but the motion garnered signatures from 251 MPs, including support from smaller opposition parties and some independent MPs.
Both major parties came together on this issue, despite their completely different ideologies—PSD being a center-left party and AUR a far-right party. They have never collaborated before.
Their shared goal was to remove Ily from power, but their other political objectives differ. AUR wants early elections, while PSD seeks to form a new ‘European-friendly coalition government.’
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