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Political switching in Romania’s Parliament: 35 lawmakers have changed parties since the last election

From Adevărul · () Romanian

Translated from Romanian and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Sixteen lawmakers changed parliamentary groups between the 2024 election and the completion of the no-confidence motion, followed by 19 more in five months.
  • The National Liberal Party attracted the most lawmakers, with eight transfers from AUR, SOS Romania and POT; the Social Democratic Party attracted six.
  • Some lawmakers switched groups repeatedly, with Andrei Csillag and Gheorghe Petru Pîclâșan each making five changes.

Romania’s Parliament has seen 35 lawmakers change parliamentary groups since the 2024 legislative election, according to a review by Digi24.

Sixteen lawmakers switched groups between the election and the completion of the no-confidence motion. Another 19 made similar moves over the following five months. More than half of the changes took place from April onward.

The National Liberal Party, or PNL, attracted the largest number, with eight lawmakers arriving from AUR, SOS Romania and POT. Six joined during the spring, when the Social Democratic Party was already discussing leaving government. One was Adrian Peiu, a former SOS Romania senator who became interim leader of the PNL organization in Ialomița in June.

The Social Democratic Party ranked second, attracting six lawmakers from POT and Diana Șoșoacă’s party. Many arrived soon after the 2024 election. Digi24 said SOS Romania fragmented into several groups, including PACE, which is close to PSD, and United for Romania, whose informal leader is currently Victor Ponta. Three lawmakers moved to the latter group, while others joined AUR or became unaffiliated.

Andrei Csillag and Gheorghe Petru Pîclâșan changed groups five times each. Both moved twice to POT and the unaffiliated group, and once to United for Romania. Jianu Iosif and Moiseev Alexandrin each passed through four groups after leaving SOS Romania and eventually reaching PSD and PNL.

SOS Romania fragmented into several groups.

· Digi24The publication described the break-up of the party and the movement of its lawmakers into other parliamentary groups.
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Originally published by Adevărul in Romanian. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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