Dan Barna considers leaving the government as the salvation of USR

It seems that the policy of taking steps back is paying off in Bucharest. Vice President of USR and Deputy Dan Barna stated that if they had remained in the government, USR would be the same as ALDE today, and that government would not have implemented reforms. According to Barna: "If, in that context of leaving the government, we had stayed in the government, today we would be something like ALDE, because we were in a team, and when, every ten minutes, your teammate shoots you in the knee, shoots you again, shoots you again, and you stay there, you wouldn't have any credibility. That government would not have implemented reforms. (...) By us staying there, the perception in society would have sunk, and they would have remained in power. They kicked out three ministers and stayed. We would have been a mockery of national politics.'

Barna said that leaving the government validated USR in Romanian politics, and it was precisely this political move that made the party respected by other parties today: "The fact that we made an unprecedented political move in modern history - because Hunor was saying: come on, the dog doesn't leave the butcher's shop, you won't go anywhere, you'll just roll your eyes a bit and stay here, where would you go? - the fact that we did something that shook things up a lot has validated us, and now we are respected by everyone. At the national leadership level, both Ciolacu and Ciucă have a lot of respect and discuss with Drulă and the other colleagues in leadership. That was a long-term validation move for USR. We have thought about it many times. It was the right decision.' These statements were made during the launch of the book "Cine a făcut România: Răscrucile noastre' (Who Made Romania: Our Crossroads), written by Cristian Ghinea."