www.mediafax.ro/politic/romanii-nu-jefuiesc-german

The President of the Senate, Mircea Abrudean, and PNL deputy Robert Sighiartău responded to accusations made by AfD leader Alice Weidel against Romanians in Germany. They criticized her generalizations and defended the contributions of the Romanian community to the German economy. Sighiartău emphasized that Romanians work hard and deserve respect, while Abrudean condemned Weidel's statements as disrespectful to nearly one million Romanians living in Germany. Both officials called for individual investigations of any social fraud without stigmatizing the entire community. Weidel's comments were made in the context of rising social costs attributed to migrants, which she claimed were burdening the system.