United Romania Party Partidul România Unită | |
|---|---|
| President | Robert Bugă |
| Founded | 23 April 2015; 10 years ago (2015-04-23) |
| Dissolved | 11 July 2022; 3 years ago (2022-07-11) |
| Split from | Social Democratic Party |
| Headquarters | B-dul Nicolae Bălcescu nr. 17-19, Sector 1,Bucharest |
| Ideology | RomanianUltranationalism[1] Right-wing Populism National Conservatism Romanian-Moldovan unionism[2] Anti-Islam[3] Anti-immigration[4] Anti-capitalism[5][dubious –discuss] Russophilia (alleged)[6][7][8] |
| Political position | Right-wing tofar-right |
| National affiliation | National Identity Bloc in Europe |
| European affiliation | Alliance for Peace and Freedom |
| Colours | Blue,Yellow,Red (Romanian Tricolour) |
| Slogan | Noi avem de strâns laolaltă pe toți ai noștri. (We have to gather up together every one of ours.) |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| http://www.partidulromaniaunita.org/ | |
TheUnited Romania Party (Romanian:Partidul România Unită) was aRomanian nationalist political party. It was founded by former members of theSocial Democratic Party (PSD), such as Bogdan Diaconu andGreater Romania Party (PRM), like Horațiu Șerb, Vasile Vlasin and Valerian Moraru. The founding members, signatories of the party registration, are: Bogdan Diaconu, Daniel Hogea, Augustin-Florin Hagiu, Horațiu Șerb, Dumitru Badragan, and Dragoș Stancu, based on the civil decision nr. 5 from 7 February 2017, definitive on 25 April 2015.
The party claims to adhere to a "national-democratic" doctrine based on the ideas of Romanian historian and politicianNicolae Iorga and centered on principles ofsocial justice,economic protectionism,Romanian nationalism and anticorruption.[9] According to a resolution adopted in September 2015, it opposesmigrant quotas,same-sex marriage,adoption of the euro,Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), among others.[10] The party's adversaries consider that it wears a mimetic nationalist stance, former 'PSD-ists and clerks of Voicescu were not and will never be nationalists'. Prominent members (ex. vicepresident Ovidiu Hurduzeu) of the party support the "immediate Romanian withdrawal from theEU andNATO" publishing messages such as 'The Ceaușescu times were better!' on websites.[11] PRU leaderBogdan Diaconu invited formerPrime MinisterVictor Ponta to join the party and lead it,[12] but he declined.[13] In the2016 Romanian legislative election, the party received 207,608 votes in the Senate election, and 196,602 in the election to the Chamber of Deputies, not achieving the parliamentary status.
The United Romania Party characterizes itself as follows:
We are a young team that believes in Romania and its values and which proposes an alternative to the entire political class after 1990. Our ideals are of a Strong andUnited Romania, respecting rights for every Romanian citizen.
In July 2016,Daniel Ghiță, kickboxing world champion, left the party, disagreeing with the party president at the time, Bogdan Diaconu, stating that he does not follow the principles he promotes.[14]
PRU was nicknamed by some Romanian websites asSebastian Ghiță's party.[15][16][17]
| Election | Chamber | Senate | Position | Aftermath | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Seats | Votes | % | Seats | |||
| 2016 | 196,397 | 2.79 | 0 / 329 | 207,977 | 2.95 | 0 / 136 | 7th | Extra-parliamentary opposition toPSD-ALDE government (2017–2019) |
| Extra-parliamentary opposition toPSD minority government (2019) | ||||||||
| Extra-parliamentary opposition toPNL minority government (2019–2020) | ||||||||
| Election | Votes | Percentage | MEPs | Position | EU Party | EP Group |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 51,787 | 0.57% | 0 / 33 | 13th | APF | — |