Monarchism in Romania

However, he was expelled from the country shortly thereafter by authorities, fearing his popularity might ignite another revolution.

Michael I never renounced the right to his throne, declaring shortly after his forced abdication in 1947, "The removal of the monarchy constitutes a new act of violence in the policy for the enslavement of Romania. In these conditions I do not consider myself bound in any way by this act imposed upon me."

In 1992, upon his second visit to Romania since his forced abdication, he drew a crowd of 100,000 to listen to him speak from his hotel window and crowds of over a million spilled into Bucharest. On Michael I's death, public polling drew support for a restored monarchy at an all-time high of 31%.

Calls for monarchy

Support for the restoration of the monarchy in Romania has also been expressed by several public figures. Niculae Bădălău, the executive president of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) at the time, declared in late 2017 that despite identifying himself as a republican, he was not opposed to a referendum on the monarchy being held in Romania, saying that the issue should be discussed as "I saw that there already are many sympathizers in media". In response to this, Prime Minister Mihai Tudose said that he could not support this initiative as he was not a monarchist. On the other hand, Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) at the time, talked about the possible benefits of having a monarch in Romania.

Furthermore, Cristian Diaconescu, a former Minister of Foreign Affairs, in the face of the 2021 Romanian political crisis, declared "a constitutional monarchy would have managed the crisis better, because only it can guarantee the balance of power".