Romanian withdrawal from the European Union

He said this after Frans Timmermans, Vice-President of the European Commission, criticized the justice reforms that were then taking place in Romania.

An example is Noua Dreaptă, a far-right party, opposes Romanian presence in the EU and NATO.

[5] However, some pro-EU politicians like Corina Crețu, a former European Commissioner for Regional Policy, criticized the idea, calling it a "luxury" and listing several moments in which the EU has helped the country.

[6] Victor Negrescu, the then Romanian Minister Delegate for European Affairs, said the idea is not taken into account at political level in the country and that it has only been created to "stir controversy".

[8] Furthermore, some examples of non-politicians supporting this include Romanian actor Mihai Mălaimare [ro], who expressed his support for the withdrawal of Romania from the EU in 2022;[9] and Romanian actor and director Dan Puric, who has affirmed that the EU will fall, that it has a neo-Marxist ideology, that it is opposed to Christianity and that it has the objective of harming Romania.