PSD

Romania's parliament has rejected the pro-European Union government proposed by prime ministerial nominee Siegfried Mureșan, deepening a months-long political crisis. Critics say the Social Democrats (PSD), allied with the hard-right AUR party, blocked the investiture to hold onto power. Opposition voices likened the standstill to 'a new type of Ceausescuism, digitalized'. European observers warn the stalemate leaves Bucharest without a functioning government at a sensitive moment.