Ministers' Monitor by NewsVibe. Week July 16-22, 2025

Representatives of USR and UDMR occupy the top places in the ranking of the visibility of government members in the last week, according to the analysis conducted through NewsVibe, a real-time media monitoring platform. It evaluates and processes complex data about the online exposure of government officials in digital sources and on relevant social media channels, analyzing both the frequency and impact of mentions to provide a true picture of their public presence. Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan (who is not included in the comparative measurement) received more than 5,200 mentions online - roughly similar to the amount of mentions of all other members of the government.

Environment Minister Diana Buzoianu (USR) leads the top of the ministers present in the online conversation between July 16-22, with her public positions on the situation at Romsilva or on fines for those who feed bears bringing her the highest online impact. This is followed by the Minister of Development, Cseke Attila (UDMR), whose name was mentioned in the conversation about local public administration reform or the one on seismic reinforcement of buildings in the capital. Third place goes to the Foreign Affairs, through Oana Țoiu (USR), who was in the limelight with statements on the possibility of reintroducing consular fees, but also with her visit to the Republic of Moldova.

Vice Prime Minister Marian Neacșu (PSD) has the lowest number of mentions and is at the bottom of the ranking of government members.

NEWSVIBE CHART. Ranking of ministers by volume of mentions in influential online sources (websites, Facebook, YouTube) in the last week (the prime minister is excluded from the measurement)

TRENDS IN MINISTERS' VIZIBILITY. Ministers at the top of the ranking are on an upward trend, with a significant increase in online visibility compared to the previous week, especially for Diana Buzoianu (over 400% increase) or Cseke Attila (visibility up by almost 250%). Both, however, are reflected mostly in negative contexts, as shown by the assessment based on AI-supported sentiment analysis.

NEWSVIBE CHART. Visibility trends of the top-ranked ministers' visibility over the last week compared to the previous range.

BAROMETER PUBLIC TONE. The names of ministers mentioned in a positive context include Oana Țoiu and Alexandru Rogobete (PSD), as well as topics related to the "Rabla" program or Nicușor Dan, in the context of the visit of the Romanian delegation, led by the President, to Germany.

From the perspective of the negative tone, there are references in unfavorable contexts to Minister Dragoș Pîslaru, but also to Oana Țoiu, as well as to controversial topics related to Salina Praid, Russia or Romsilva.

Sentiment analysis developed by the NewsVibe platform uses specially trained AI algorithms and LLM tools to detect nuances of tone in the context of references to each of the relevant entities in an online conversation, in this case in the set of mentions of Romanian government ministers.

NEWSVIBE GRAPH. Sentiment analysis of the main entities (personalities, organizations, brands, locations, concepts, etc.) included in the context of online mentions of all members of the Government in the last week.

SEMANTICAL NETWORK OF GOVERNMENT DEBATES. In order to assess the big picture generated by discussions about cabinet members in the last week and to understand the distribution of the main themes and actors, the semantic network analysis tool generated by NewsVibe maps the links between themes, personalities and topics based on their co-appearance in the mentions extracted from the most influential Romanian online and social media platforms, providing a clear visual representation of their interrelationships.

For the previous week's public debate, the semantic network highlights distinct segments of discussion about: Environment, including the "Rabla" program and portfolio holder Diana Buzoianu; External Affairs and Defense, along with the ministers responsible for these areas; Development and Health, respectively the ministers in charge, who delivered public messages on the "reform" of the areas they coordinate.

Smaller parts of the online conversation reflecting government activity focused on ministers Pîslaru and PNRR, and labor minister Petre-Florin Manole, respectively.

NEWSVIBE GRAPH. Semantic network associated with online conversation about ministers in the last week.

*****Synthesis made with the help of a monitoring feed provided by NewsVibe Romania. The analysis, data and images presented were enhanced with Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence tools.