Petrișor Peiu: “The PSD’s social policy has been and remains an enormous lie”

Petrișor Peiu, leader of the AUR senators, accuses PSD of promoting a social policy that is “a huge lie” and claims that Romania allocates far less than the European Union average for pensions, healthcare and support for vulnerable people.

The economist substantiates his claims with pension spending figures. According to him, Romania allocated the equivalent of 9.4% of GDP to pensions in 2025, exactly the threshold mentioned in the NRRP, although the Ciolacu Government allegedly boasted that it had removed this limitation. Peiu says pensions were frozen in 2025 and 2026.

He compares the situation with the European average, estimated at 12.9% of GDP for pension spending. Romania would rank ahead of countries such as Ireland, Malta, Lithuania, Estonia, Cyprus, Hungary, Latvia and the Czech Republic.

Peiu also claims that Romania allocates 17.06% of GDP to social protection, compared with the EU average of 27.49%. For healthcare, support for children, people with disabilities, unemployment and combating social exclusion, the percentages cited by the AUR leader are also below the European averages. He accuses PSD of exaggerating the support it provides to poor and vulnerable people.