Her centre-left partners have leapt to her defence, calling the lifting of border controls "the only right thing to do" and a government spokesman stressed it was a temporary humanitarian decision.
But as one of a tiny handful of Romanians on board Wizz Air flight W63701 from Târgu Mures to take advantage of the lifting of border restrictions on 1 January, Spirescu, 30, a construction worker travelling with his friend Julian Barbat, a wild boar hunter, found himself in high demand.
He has gone about announcing the lifting of border restrictions and visa requirements on Syrians and Russians and Greeks and most Arabs.
His moves come as feelings run high in Conservative ranks about the lifting of transitional border controls on Romanians and Bulgarians on January 1.
Hamas has demanded a halt to all Israeli military action in Gaza and the lifting of the border blockade that Israel imposed after Hamas took over the coastal territory a year ago.
Hamas is linking a truce deal to a complete lifting of the border blockade on Gaza imposed since Islamists seized the territory by force.
Hamas demanded the complete lifting of Israeli and Egyptian border strictures that cripple the Gaza economy and approval for a sea port and airport to link the coastal enclave to the outside world.
It added that the US, the UN and the EU would give guarantees to the two sides that the talks would cover, as Israel demands, a demilitarisation of the Gaza Strip and, as Hamas is demanding, the lifting of Israeli and Egyptian border strictures, which is stifling Gaza's economy.
If Hamas continues to refuse to drop its ceasefire demands – including a lifting of Israeli and Egyptian border curbs that cripple economic life – Israel may then escalate its offensive into a push into the urban areas of the crowded coastal enclave, meaning even deadlier warfare and jeopardising continued Hamas rule.
The ceasefire terms – which Israel observed for six short hours while Hamas continued firing rockets – fell far short of the militant group's demands, including he lifting of the siege and opening of border crossings and freedom for prisoners rearrested in the recent crackdown on Hamas on the West Bank.
