July 11, 2025. Viralized topics on the net in the last 24 hours

The social media audience was interested in political news and developments yesterday, in particular on the two censure motions initiated by AUR - against the government in the Romanian Parliament and against the von der Leyen Commission in the European Parliament. Education also continued to generate attention.

The conclusions below refer to the top 100 viral headlines in terms of volume of interactions generated on Facebook in the previous day, summarizing the topics that most interested online audiences in Romania.

A major pole of interest was the motion of censure against Ursula von der Leyen, initiated by Gheorghe Piperea, a topic widely reported by [partidulaur.ro], [Mariustuca.ro], [60m.ro], [Gandul], [RomaniaTV], [Aktual24.ro], [Digi24] and [Stirile PROTV]. The public followed both the outcome of the motion - the rejection by a large majority in the European Parliament - and its political echoes, including Viktor Orban's reactions [Mariustuca.ro; Stirile PROTV; 4media.info; HotNews.ro] and analysis of the impact on Ursula von der Leyen's position, with references to the support lost and the role of Giorgia Meloni [Mariustuca.ro]. Dan Dungaciu also commented on the initiation of the motion by a Romanian as a "victory" [Gandul; 60m.ro], while Siegfried Mureșan described the result as a "shameful and predictable failure" [RomaniaTV].

Internally, the motion of censure initiated by AUR against the Bolojan Government and presented in Parliament was reported by [Mediafax] and [Stirile PROTV], while Dana Budeanu criticized the austerity measures announced by the government [Stiripesurse]. In parallel, attention was drawn to speculation about internal tensions in PSD, reported by [Libertatea], and to the article in [Inpolitics] on President Nicușor Dan's blocking of the anti-prisoners law.

In the education area, there were multiple articles about the results of students with an average of 10 in the National Assessment, reported by local publications such as [Salajul liber], [Reporterbuzoian.ro] and [Obiectivbr.ro]. At the same time, [Edupedu.ro] reported about the dissatisfaction of the trade unions regarding the increase of the teaching norm and the possible boycott of the tenure, as well as the open letter of the MERITO teachers, who proposed to postpone the application of fiscal measures in schools. Also [Edupedu.ro] presented the statements of the Minister of Education, Daniel David, on the maintenance of the teaching norm at system level.

In the field of infrastructure, the finalization of the bridge over the Buzău river on the A7, announced by [Bacau.net], and the opening of the DEx4 between Cluj-Napoca and Turda [Cluju.ro], attracted the attention of [Bacau.net], reflecting the public's interest in the progress of these projects.

ARTICLES WITH HIGH VIRALITY

1. President Nicușor blocks anti-legion law: Eminescu also had anti-Semitic verses [INPOLITICS]
2. Gheorghe Piperea (AUR): "Judgment Day for Ursula von der Leyen!" [PARTIDULAUR.RO]
3. Motion of censure tabled by AUR against the Bolojan Government, presented on Thursday in the plenary session of the Parliament [MEDIAFAX]
4. UMB finalizes the A7 megaproject: the bridge over the Buzău river will officially open to traffic tomorrow, July 11 [BACAU.NET]
5. Dana Budeanu blasts Bolojan Government after austerity measures announced: 'Green horses on the walls' [NEWS SOURCES]
6. Ursula von der Leyen survives no-confidence motion but loses crucial political support [MARIUSTUCA.RO]
7. "It's time to go" Orban calls for Ursula von der Leyen to resign ahead of European Parliament confidence vote [MARIUSTUCA.RO]
8. Euro MP Diana Iovanovici-Șoșoaca says "Transylvania is Romania" [BZI.RO]
9. Ursula von der Leyen will survive the motion but her problems are just beginning [MARIUSTUCA.RO]
10. Viktor Orban, message to Ursula von der Leyen ahead of the vote of confidence in the European Parliament: "It's time to go" [ȘTIRILE PROTV]

***** Synthesis made with the help of a monitoring feed provided by the NewsVibe Romania, team based on several online monitoring software. The top viral links are measured based on the number of interactions generated on Facebook by topics from the Romanian online press. Virality is measured by the cumulative number of likes, comments and shares obtained by various links over the course of a day.