United Romania Party

The United Romania Party (Partidul România Unită) is a Romanian nationalist political party. It was founded by former members of the Social Democratic Party, such as Bogdan Diaconiu and Greater Romania Party, 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 și Dragoș Stancu, based on the civil decision nr. 5 from 7th February 2017, definitive on 25 April 2015.

United Romania Party Partidul România Unită
President	Robert Bugă
Founded	23 April 2015
Split from	Social Democratic Party
Headquarters	B-dul Nicolae Bălcescu nr. 17-19 Sector 1 Bucharest
Ideology	Romanian nationalism National conservatism Protectionism Euroscepticism
Political position	Right-wing to far-right
National affiliation	National Identity Bloc in Europe
European affiliation	Alliance for Peace and Freedom
Colors	Red, white, blue
Slogan	Noi avem de strâns laolaltă pe toți ai noștri. ('We have to gather up together every one of ours.)
Seats in the Senate	0 / 136
Seats in the Chamber of Deputies	0 / 329
Seats in the European Parliament	0 / 32
Mayors	184 / 3,186 [1]
County Councilors	59 / 1,434 [1]
Local County Councilors	424 / 40,067 [1]
Website
http://www.partidulromaniaunita.org/
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The party claims to adhere to a "national-democratic" doctrine based on the ideas of Romanian historian and politician Nicolae Iorga and centered on principles of social justice, economic protectionism, Romanian nationalism and anticorruption.[2] According to a resolution adopted in September 2015, it opposes migrant quotas, same-sex marriage, adoption of the euro, Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), among others.[3] The party's adversaries consider that it wears a mimetic nationalist stance, former 'PSDists and clerks of Voicescu were not and will never be nationalists'. Prominent members (ex. vicepresident Ovidiu Hurduzeu) of the party support IMMEDIATE Romanian exit from the E.U and NATO publishing messages such as 'The Ceausescu times were better!' on websites.[4] In the 2016 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.

Autocharacterization

The United Romania Party characterizes itself as: We are a young team that believes in Romania and her values which also proposes an alternative to the entire political class after 1990. Our Ideals are of a Strong and United Romania, respecting rights for every Romanian citizen.

Party Criticism

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.[5]

Electoral history

Legislative elections

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 to PSD-ALDE government (until August 2019)
							Extra-parliamentary opposition to PSD minority government (until November 2019)
							Extra-parliamentary opposition to PNL minority government

European elections

Election	Votes	Percentage	MEPs	Position	EU Party	EP Group
2019	51,787	0.57%	0 / 33	13th	APF	—

References

1. http://www.2016bec.ro/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/SIAL2016_Situatia_mandatelor_partide-2.xlsx
2. "Program". Retrieved 8 June 2016.
3. "Congresul Partidului România Unită". Retrieved 8 June 2016.
4. http://inliniedreapta.net/bogdan-diaconu-si-partidul-romania-unita-un-proect-rusesc/
5. https://evz.ro/daniel-ghita-a-parasit-pru-incotro-se-indreapta-campionul-mondial-la-kickboxing.html