Esteemed Politicians,
Reverend Fathers,
High Clerics of the Romanian Orthodox Church, of the Romanian Church United with Rome, and of the other religious denominations in Romania,
Brave Soldiers of the Romanian Army,
Distinguished Members of the Romanian Academy,
Dear Serbian friends,supporters of the restoration of the monarchy,
Dear Polish friends, supporters of royalty,
Dear Romanians,

The recent presidential elections in Romania, as well as previous ballots, have shown us once again—if there was any doubt—that Romanians are divided and, more seriously, manipulated when choosing their head of state.

The vote for the head of state and the institution of the Presidency of Romania has become the primary source of conflict, dissatisfaction, tension, and grave dissensions that have divided Romanian society for 35 years, plunging our country into a permanent climate of confusion, uncertainty, and instability.

In the last ballots, held on November 24, 2024, and on May 4 and 18, 2025, a pleiad of presidential candidates—irrelevantly polled numerous times and unprepared—sought the vote of Romanians by promising things that do not fall under the duties and powers of a head of state. These included solving specific economic issues, ranging from the price of bread and fuel to the pension system, the construction of motorways, or the development of sports. In reality, these are the responsibilities of the Prime Minister, ministers, parliamentarians, Parliament, and the Government of Romania.

Attributing increased powers to the President of Romania without legal or constitutional backing only serves to artificially feed the hopes of Romanians, leading them to vote for those who are "masters" of manipulation and who offer no real solutions to the problems they face.

All that presidential candidates have consistently offered in these campaigns was a "circus" and the profound division of our society, which seems unable to find peace and balance even 35 years after the events of December 1989.

The first round of the 2024 presidential elections and the subsequent campaign for the recently concluded May 2025 elections brought forth many candidates noted for spreading an avalanche of disinformation, manipulation, demagoguery, and falsehoods, showing a lack of even minimal knowledge regarding the nature of the presidential office.

In the 2024 second round, the "least qualified" among them moved forward. Blunders such as "resisting for 30 days until NATO intervenes in the event of a Russian military aggression against Romania" or gross mystifications like "There is no East or West. There is only Romania" are clear proof that politics in Romania has degraded to a level that weighs heavily on our conscience, showing that we cannot easily find a point of balance in this sterile debate.

The resumed campaign and the May 2025 elections again brought to the public's attention a "herd" of candidates, each more "anti-system" than the last, as if they had just arrived on Earth from "other galaxies" or "parallel universes." The "final" for Cotroceni on May 18 featured the ingredients of the weakest electoral debates in 35 years. The relativization of our values—whether discussing the Romanian family model, child adoption, or our stance toward the alliances Romania belongs to—demonstrates that nothing is permanently won and we must always defend what we have acquired.

The shift of the electoral campaign into the virtual environment through monologues filled with contradictions, which induced and exploited the fears of Romanians or simply told them what they wanted to hear, has left society confused, fearful, distrustful, and suspicious of what is to come.

The attention of Romanians should have been directed toward the parliamentary elections—the primary ballot in any real and consolidated democracy—which produce the supreme representative body of the Romanian people and the country's main legislative authority, defining the concrete direction of our society.

Instead, during these presidential elections held twice, society was held "captive" in a whirlwind of noisy and threatening debates regarding Russia's influence, falsehoods promoted on TikTok, the candidates' poor knowledge of presidential duties, ideological confusion, or "spiritual guru" political campaigns characterized by mystic-religious and anti-Semitic delirium and messianic temptations.

There was nothing regarding authentic projects for the country's future, almost nothing about constitutional reform or the reform of the state and the political class, and nothing about making the necessary historical reparations following the abuses, terror, and crimes of the communist regime, officially installed in Romania after March 6, 1945.

"Democracy and freedoms are not won forever. No victory is eternal. Man earns his right to have a 'tomorrow' every day," King Michael conveyed 9 years ago, when protests for the reform of society and the political world were sweeping through Romania.

Throughout this time, the Royal Family of Romania has stood by the Romanians, whether in exile or at home. It has been here for nearly 160 years, serving the country, most often discreetly and efficiently.

Emerging as a natural continuation of old Romanian institutions and the long line of Voivodes of Moldavia and Wallachia, the Constitutional Monarchy represented, during the era of King Carol I, the indispensable balancing factor of Romanian political life and the powerful engine of the country's modernization. Carol I brought Romania independence and increased international prestige.

King Ferdinand the Unifier and Queen Marie mobilized the energies of Romanians toward the realization of Greater Romania after the First World War.

During the reign of King Carol II, the country reached an economic and cultural peak.

His Majesty King Michael I took Romania out of the toxic alliance with Nazi Germany; his courageous act contributed to shortening the Second World War, saving hundreds of thousands of lives, and he fought to the end against the communization of the country. After 1989, despite the often hostile attitudes of the Romanian authorities, His Majesty King Michael continued, together with HRH Crown Princess Margareta, HRH Prince Radu, and the entire Royal Family, to serve Romania's interests toward democratization, modernization, Euro-Atlantic integration, and identity and institutional restoration.

Today, the Royal Family of Romania successfully continues royal diplomacy to consolidate our country's prestige and European identity, as well as to support the European path of the second Romanian state, the Republic of Moldova—the only viable way to break away from Russia's sphere of influence and achieve sustainable modernization.

Furthermore, the Royal Family is always close to all Romanians in all our communities, not just some, including those with republican convictions.

Because the motto of the Royal House, NOTHING WITHOUT GOD (NIHIL SINE DEO), is a creed, a symbol, and a part of our identity—by no means a temporary slogan like those used by politicians. It signifies a spirit of responsibility, loyalty, faith in the good, humanity, vision, and respect for the law and all fellow citizens.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011, when King Michael reached the remarkable age of 90, will remain a glorious page of these times.

"To a democratic and free Romania, deeply marked by selfishness, irresponsibility, and contempt for the law, it was given to live 24 hours of pride, love, identity rediscovery, and an impeccable example of public behavior. King Michael I addressed the nation from the rostrum of Parliament... Millions of Romanians watched twelve minutes of History with bated breath. Twelve minutes that came at the twelfth hour. Millions of Romanians thus see that Romania can be different: dignified, respected, enjoying admiration and trust," the online journal of the Royal Family of Romania reported then.

At that moment, for many of us, another world and another Romania became possible. The world we had lived in until then finally died and gave way to the one that needed to be reborn—the world of truth and hope, of our grandparents and great-grandparents, the one that made Romania independent, modern, great, and prosperous. The one without presidents and without the pathos of presidential elections.

There is no personal gain, and even less a collective one, in voting every 4 or 5 years for presidents who are, in fact, chosen by others well before the actual elections to represent general interests and the public good. It is almost a utopia to believe such a thing is possible, especially in Romania. Particularly since the experience of the last 35 years has shown they are nothing more than "the same Mary with a different hat," often serving interests foreign to the national ideal, regardless of political color.

The limited mandate, hidden and quickly fulfilled interests, and especially the lack of long-term vision make this office and institution a permanent hazard that we must endure, as if Romania must remain a republic until the "end of the universe."

If only it were a republic; but our country is most likely a pseudo-republic. Why? Because inertia has caused us to remain with the form of government brought by Soviet tanks 77 years ago, one in which no one can truly say why they believe in it: we are a republic, but without a republican movement and without supporters of it. Yes, we have anti-monarchists who criticize the flaws of royalty, but true republicans with logical and clear arguments are rarely found in Romania. A paradox that keeps us captive. For how much longer?

It is not the monarchy that is obsolete, as is often claimed; rather, the republic in Romania is the one without meaning, without horizon, and with "traumas" that it keeps bringing without ever resolving.

The main advantage offered by the monarchical office over the temporary and limited presidential office is the professionalization of the role of head of state.

"Presidentialism starts with a handicap compared to the royal model, in that while in the monarchical system the heir prince is educated his entire life to one day fulfill the function of head of state, presidents do not benefit from such preparation... Presidentialism becomes part of the lives of some of these lucky citizens, generally after the age of 40, when academic and professional training is largely completed, but in a direction that has nothing to do with the state," wrote Vlad Badea and Filip Lucian Iorga years ago in the Royal Manifesto.

We see that this argument becomes permanently valid when evaluating the presidential office in Romania. The recent "presidential adventures" of Autumn 2024 and Spring 2025 confirm the efficiency and far better fit of the monarchical system for this space.

Romania's elites—political, cultural, economic, and social—have the obligation to bring back into public discussion the necessity of changing the current Constitution, rather than merely revising it. A revision could no longer change anything fundamental.

In 2025, it is time for political forces, the fundamental and representative institutions of the Romanian state—the Army, the Church, the Romanian Academy, and the Romanian Crown—as well as civic elites to demand and make this happen.

The major task will be for politicians and the Parliament of Romania to prepare and become a Constituent Assembly at the 2028 general elections to elaborate and adopt a legitimate Constitution, without revising the current fundamental law.

This has been demanded for over 13 years, including at the ANRM marches on November 10, 2013, and April 5, 2014, in Bucharest and several other cities. These were positive manifestations that our society and nation greatly needed to reawaken after years of being numbed by "state terrorism," wrongly called the "Mineriad" of June 1990. We did not protest against anyone then. We welcomed all who saw constitutional reform and the return to a constitutional monarchy as the primary ways to settle accounts with the communist past and reach the level of prosperity, democracy, and freedom enjoyed by countries that are constitutional monarchies.

The current signal given by those who voted in November 2024 and May 2025 brings to the fore the need to reform the state and the political class, as several institutions require urgent renewal to function normally and efficiently.

At the same time, this new Constitution, following the model of the reunification of the two Germanies within the European community in 1990, must leave open the path for the reunification of the two Romanian states, Romania and the Republic of Moldova, under the Romanian Crown.

Only under the Romanian Crown—the main national symbol that unites all Romanians from the two Romanian states (Romania east of the Prut and Romania west of the Prut) and from our communities anywhere in Europe and the world—can a real and lasting unification take place.

"We must never forget the Romanians and the Romanian lands that were taken from us as a result of the division of Europe into spheres of influence. It is their right to decide if they want to live in our country or if they want to remain separate... My oath was made and continues to be valid for all Romanians," stated King Michael on October 25, 2011, in the Romanian Parliament.

Furthermore, the Romanian Crown, possessing the exceptional and high diplomatic experience of nearly 160 years of serving the nation, as well as close ties and kinship with many of the Royal Houses of Europe and the world, will be the best and most reliable guarantor of our membership in the European Union and NATO. The country could find no better ambassador.

We have always linked the present with the past to have solid benchmarks. Constitutional monarchy is the most evolved form of government of the present. Evidence lies in all the states that have this form and are members of the EU alongside Romania: Spain, Sweden, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, as well as the UK, Norway, Liechtenstein, Monaco, Andorra, and the Vatican in Europe.

We lack that meeting point, that factor of cohesion in which we can all find ourselves and of which we can be proud, regardless of age, political opinions, intellectual options, profession, or origin. The Monarch is this meeting point, the link to our historical past and the amplifier of the best part of us.

Romanian politics has offered us, for too long, only fractures, a chronic lack of vision, stability, and predictability. The Monarch is continuity and competence. He or she is prepared to reign and represent a nation, unlike presidents who are forced, in the best cases, to always be self-taught and improvisers.

We call upon political leaders, the institutions of the Romanian state, and opinion leaders to realize that the restoration of the Monarchy is by no means the utopian desire of a few sentimentals or dreamers, but the pragmatic and vital need of a country in suffering.

The elites of 19th-century Romania were aware that only a foreign Prince on the Throne could mitigate conflicts between rival factions and bring stability and international prestige. Today's elites have the chance to demonstrate that they possess vision, a sense of responsibility, and patriotism to offer Romania that institution which can restore internal balance, dignity, identity, and international prestige. Beyond politics, above politics, for the good of the country and our children.

The Royal Family could work for the country with much greater effectiveness if it regained its constitutional attributes. Romania today needs its Royal Family to serve it in a Monarchy, not in a republic.

We have lost enough opportunities. It is time for the political elite to stop hiding behind the apparent lack of popularity of the Monarchy: "the people don't want it," "the people are not ready." These are not explanations; they are merely pathetic excuses. Romanians have done enough on their own: many have shaken off the remnants of communist propaganda and understood the virtues of a Monarchy. A 2023 survey showed that nearly half of those questioned (48.5%) have a good and very good opinion of the Royal House of Romania.

But the next step belongs to the political elite. If in 1866 our politicians had the intelligence and patriotism to call Carol I to the Throne, today's politicians have the huge and rare chance to make history by placing on the Throne Her Majesty Margareta, daughter of King Michael I, the Custodian of the Romanian Crown.

We call upon all parliamentary and non-parliamentary parties that respect the ideals of the 19th-century Romanian Revolution and our country's Euro-Atlantic membership. We call upon patriotic business leaders and opinion leaders to rally to this proposal. We call upon the Romanian Orthodox Church and the Greek-Catholic Church to demonstrate their vocation as national churches and recognize their Queen as the Anointed of God. We call upon the Romanian Academy and free and responsible people of culture to explain the necessity of the restoration.

We call upon the Romanian Army and all national structures ensuring Romania's security to realize that now is the best time to permanently eliminate painful shocks like the results of the November 2024 elections.

It is the "astral moment" in which the Romanian political class can prove it represents the country's fundamental interests. It can prove it can transcend itself by promoting the only institutional solution that can restore our balance and dignity: Constitutional Monarchy.

Nearly 78 years after King Michael was forced, through blackmail, to abdicate to save the lives of young anti-communists, nearly 78 years since the illegal act that plunged Romania into the communist totalitarian hell, we call upon the political class and institutions to give Romania the gift it deserves: the dignified face, the factor of balance and continuity, the identity treasure that is the Constitutional Monarchy.

The Romanian Dynasty will soon celebrate 160 years in the service of our nation on May 10, 2026. Thus, we express our hope that Her Majesty Margareta, Custodian of the Romanian Crown, as God permits, will soon entitle the representatives of the sixth royal generation of the Romanian Dynasty to begin their mission alongside the current members of the Royal Family!

So help us God!

Long live the Queen!