Prime minister-designate Siegfried Mureșan said on Thursday, 24 September 2026, on Radio România Actualități, that he wanted “a single National Police, a single type of police officer throughout Romania.” The remark sets a political direction; it is not a reorganisation already enacted.

In the same interview he spoke of one state counter for citizens: identity cards, vehicle registration, passports — the same desks, one institution. The wording ties public-order reform to administrative services, without yet publishing a draft law.

Interim interior minister Cătălin Predoiu interpreted the statement, also on 24 September, as the dissolution of local police and their absorption into the Romanian Police. He noted that a force with general national competence — the Romanian Police — already exists, separately from local police under local authorities. That reading is Predoiu’s, not a legal text.

A change of this kind would require clarity on powers, reporting lines, budgets and staff status. Effects on local police, the Border Police or other bodies cannot be inferred from a radio sentence.

Predoiu also cited the Interior Ministry’s digital hub, with about 1.49 million accounts. A platform does not mean the announced reform is already in force.

Assessment still depends on the legal text, professional consultation and democratic oversight. A programme intention is not an applied measure.

Image: Ministry of Internal Affairs, Bucharest / Britchi Mirela, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0. An administrative building, not the Radio România Actualități interview of 24 September 2026. Cropped to 16:9.

Source consulted: Siegfried Mureșan vrea să înființeze o singură Poliție Națională și un ghișeu unic pentru cetățeni | Digi24; Predoiu: Dacă ajunge în Parlament, votez Guvernul Siegfried Mureșan | Agerpres.