Romania's parliament faces dissolution risk amid a protracted crisis that began with the May 5, 2026, no-confidence vote ousting Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan's PNL-USR-UDMR coalition government. PSD and AUR backed the motion with 281 votes, leaving the country without a fully empowered cabinet for over four months. President Nicușor Dan's prior nominees—Eugen Tomac, who withdrew, and Adrian Veștea, rejected by parliament in June—triggered the constitutional threshold allowing dissolution after two failed investiture attempts within 60 days. Siegfried Mureșan, nominated September 17, now has ten days to assemble a cabinet and secure the 233-vote majority; the centre-right bloc lacks sufficient seats without broader support, while PSD and AUR push alternatives or early elections. Upcoming factors include Mureșan's confidence vote, S&P's October 2 ratings review, and parties' calculations ahead of the 2028 scheduled vote, with no snap polls held since 1989.