USR unanimously decided to vote against the government led by Luca Niculescu

Raluca Ioana Draghici

16 October 2026, 17:20

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The USR Political Committee unanimously decided that the party’s lawmakers would vote against the investiture of the government led by Luca Niculescu. The decision, adopted after the earlier announcement made by the party’s president, Dominic Fritz, formalizes USR’s position regarding the new team proposed for Victoria Palace.

The main reason cited is the presence of ministers appointed by the PSD in the future cabinet. USR accuses the party of seeking a return to a model of governance based on wasting public money, protecting privileges, and blocking reforms. The party maintains that a government led, in its view, from the PSD headquarters and supported by a majority that includes AUR cannot receive its vote.

Dominic Fritz stated that USR would not endorse another government in which citizens bear the costs while politicians accused of abuses consolidate their privileges. USR says it will continue to act from the opposition and calls for real reforms, discipline in public spending, judicial independence, and respect for citizens.

On October 13, Fritz had already announced that the party would not vote for the Niculescu government and that it ruled out a political agreement with a team that includes the PSD.

Context: USR had announced beforehand that it would not support a government associated with PSD and called for reforms

Before the decision of the Political Committee, Dominic Fritz announced that USR was moving into opposition to the PSD government and would closely monitor the Executive's decisions. The position was presented as a reaffirmation of its pro-rule-of-law orientation and of “real solutions” for improving the lives of Romanians.

Subsequently, Fritz stated that the party would propose that lawmakers not vote to invest the Luca Niculescu Government, arguing that stability cannot be used as a justification for returning to an executive that USR associates with wasting public money and protecting privileges. At the same time, the party maintained that it cannot ask citizens to accept “any government, at any cost”.

In the preceding discussions and consultations, USR insisted that it would not enter government if PSD ministers were part of the future cabinet and rejected the idea of a “shield” for the Social Democrats’ return to power.