Romania's Parliament ousted center-right Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan after the center-left Social Democratic Party, or PSD, which exited the ruling coalition in April, joined forces with the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians, or AUR, to pass a no-confidence motion, Digi24 reported on May 5. Both parties ruled out governing together.

Bolojan and his PNL took office in 2025 at the head of a fragile pro-European coalition that also included the PSD, the Save Romania Union and the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania. Ideological divides and a slim parliamentary majority had long strained the alliance, and tensions escalated over austerity measures tied to fiscal consolidation commitments under the European Union's excessive deficit procedure, in place since 2020. Bolojan's removal follows a contentious 2025 presidential election won by centrist, independent Bucharest Mayor Dan over AUR leader George Simion.