July 7, 2025. Viralized topics online in the last 24 hours

Austerity measures continue to be the central theme preoccupying the online public, including over the weekend, according to an analysis of the top 100 viral headlines in terms of volume of interactions generated on Facebook the previous day.

The topic of tax reform, with the recent topic of eliminating cash, dominated public interest after Alina Mungiu-Pippidi published an opinion piece suggesting that without the ban on cash payments Ilie Bolojan's reform will not change Romania in the long term [Stiri pe surse, Cotidianul, activenews.ro]. His statements have been challenged online, being interpreted as a form of "authoritarianism masquerading as reformism" [solidnews.ro], and George Simion publicly reiterated that AUR will never accept the abolition of cash [Stiri pe surse, Realitatea].

Proposed measures in the field of education were another major focus. Minister Daniel David announced that 900 principals will lose their jobs through the reorganization of schools [edupedu.ro], showing that they will return to their professorships, and that the measures to reassign teaching norms will bring savings of 2-3 billion lei [edupedu.ro]. Reactions came from principals, school inspectors and education unions [edupedu.ro].

Online audiences were also interested in the criticisms made by Eugen Teodorovici of the austerity measures proposed by the Bolojan government, calling them "anti-economic, anti-social and anti-Romanian" [Stiri pe surse]. In the same register of contested austerity, the information that Prime Minister Bolojan had refused to reduce the number of parliamentarians went viral [4media.info]. Also amid the debate on fiscal measures, the online public followed the topic of measures that would target mothers on prenatal leave [Realitatea, bihon.ro], as well as headlines emphasizing the exemption of Ukrainian refugees from paying CASS, while Romanian mothers would lose their insured status [Stiri pe surse].

ARTICLES WITH REDUCED VIRALITY

1. Alina Mungiu-Pippidi: Without the elimination of cash, Bolojan's reform will not change Romania in the long run [NEWS SOURCES]
2. 900 headmasters to be sacked by merging schools into larger units with legal personality, according to Minister Daniel David: They don't stay on the roads, they are teachers and they go back to teaching [EDUPEDU.RO]
3. Who gives Alina Mungiu-Pippidi the right to declare us fiscal alcoholics? A lesson in authoritarianism masquerading as reformism [SOLIDNEWS.RO]
4. Ciolacu: "If I have to, I'll go to jail" / REPER leader: Well, you should. Dragnea and Năstase got there for less [EPOCHTIMES-ROMANIA.COM]
5. 45 years, 4 weeks, 3 days. The too-short life of Silvia Coman, the woman who defied all odds to help others [HOTNEWS.RO]
6. An old woman told me that she would agree not to receive a pension for a month, just to "fix" the country [REPUBLICA.RO]
7. Daniel David: Education has a big contribution to the deficit we have / We will save 2-3 billion from rethinking teaching rules [EDUPEDU.RO]
8. Teodorovici asks PSD to reject Bolojan's austerity: 'The measures are anti-economic, anti-social and anti-Romanian' [NEWS SOURCES]
9. Piedone changes his name to Piedonakis and leaves for Thassos on mission [TIMESNEWROMAN.RO]
10. Bolojan refuses to cut MPs: 'This is not where the economy comes from'. The Romanians reply: "It's from you that the waste comes! [4MEDIA.INFO]

***** Synthesis realized 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.