Only 166 deputies from the fragmented opposition supported the motion, well short of the 233 votes – 50 per cent of deputies plus one – required under the constitution for no-confidence motions to succeed. At the beginning of Viorica Dancila's speech regarding the motion of no confidence, Opposition MPs laid down on the podium behind the stand several boxes that had the same message : "We fight for Romania", but also a diploma inscribed with: "The Hammer and Sickle award for Liviu Dragnea". Romania’s Social Democrat-led government survived a no-confidence motion on Wednesday – but faced more turbulence outside parliament, where thousands of anti-corruption protesters gathered to demand Prime Minister Viorica Dancila’s resignation.
The cabinet of Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă survives a motion of no confidence. During the vote, several thousand oppossition supporters protest outside Parliament, calling for the resignation of the government.