The corona situation is becoming more and more dramatic. After the fall of the government, the people of Romania can expect a long period of instability.
Romania’s bourgeois government under Prime Minister Florin Citu has been overthrown by parliament. On Tuesday, 281 of a total of 466 MPs and senators voted for the motion of no confidence by the largest opposition party, the PSD (Social Democrats).
The eco-liberal USR, which was co-governing until four weeks ago, and the extreme right-wing small party AUR also voted for this.
In Romania, in the midst of an increasingly dramatic corona situation, an expected long phase of instability and reform backlog begins. This should also affect the use of the 29.2 billion euros from the EU’s Corona aid package. Unclear power relations at the top of the government in Romania have always meant that senior and middle-class civil servants only work to a limited extent because they are afraid of acting without instructions from above.
Citu may continue to run the government on a provisional basis for a maximum of 45 days. However, he is only able to act to a limited extent. For example, he is not allowed to issue any urgent ordinances. It was initially unclear whether there would be early elections. In this case, the PSD wants to support a possible transitional technocratic government. The next regular elections would be in 2024.
The crisis was triggered by the break in the coalition of Citus’ PNL party and the smaller USR, which had been in power since December 2020. Citu had provoked this over the course of months by dismissing two USR ministers. For these steps, Citu had the support of President Klaus Iohannis.
The USR also accuses Citu of a lack of will to reform, a clientele economy, a breach of coalition agreements and an authoritarian style of leadership. Only recently had Citu become chairman of his party PNL – with the support of Iohannis. Citu’s goal was to justify his claim to lead the government with the party office.
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