AUR announces a motion of no confidence if the Government assumes responsibility for the administrative-territorial reform

AUR will seek to file a no-confidence motion if the government assumes responsibility for territorial-administrative reform, Petrișor Peiu, the party’s Senate leader, announced. He believes the bill must be debated and negotiated in Parliament, as reorganizing the administration is not an urgent measure.

Peiu argued that any changes would only take effect in September 2028, meaning there is no justification for adopting the reform through a procedure that limits public and political debate. AUR is calling for parliamentary consensus, given the current political fragmentation.

The senator criticized the version being considered by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), which primarily targets localities with a small number of residents. In his view, the reform must be implemented nationwide and include all levels of public administration, including Bucharest, where the General City Hall and the six sector city halls operate.

AUR has its own reorganization proposal, included in its governing program, but the party maintains that it must be discussed with all political parties. PSD is examining six criteria for determining which localities are administratively sustainable and plans to develop a “sustainability matrix” to identify the administrative units that could be reorganized or merged.