Dominic Fritz announced in Brussels that the party is moving into opposition to the PSD Government and will closely monitor the Executive's decisions

Cristiana Dida

16 October 2026, 11:46

Politics

Foto: Facebook/ Dominic Fritz

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Dominic Fritz stated on Friday, on Facebook, that he received many questions about the situation in Romania at the meeting of liberal leaders in Brussels and that there are “many concerns among our partners.” According to him, he told the prime ministers, commissioners, and presidents of liberal parties that he would not allow the country to isolate itself from Europe.

Fritz reportedly promised the liberal leaders that “USR will move into opposition to the PSD government, from where we will be a strong voice for the rule of law and for real solutions to improve the lives of Romanians.”

The USR leader also stated that the party remains one of the strongest reformist formations in Europe, in a context marked by the rise of extremism. The announcement marks USR’s positioning as an opposition party to the current PSD Government and reaffirms the formation’s pro-European orientation.

The USR Political Committee is meeting on Thursday, at 17:00, to decide whether the party’s parliamentarians will support the investiture of the Luca Niculescu Government through their vote. President of USR will propose that the party not vote for the investiture of the new cabinet.

Context: USR refused to support a government with PSD ministers and called for snap elections

Before the announcement from Brussels, Dominic Fritz stated that USR would not vote for a government in which there were PSD ministers and warned that it would not accept an executive branch seen as a “front” for the Social Democrats’ return to power. The position was expressed in the context of negotiations to form a new government, following PSD’s decision to enter government.

Fritz linked this distinction to the responsibility attributed to PSD for the political deadlock and rising prices, while the party argued that the solution to ending the political crisis would be to hold snap elections.