PRO Romania

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PRO Romania
PRO România
Abbreviation PRO
President Victor Ponta
Secretary-General Alin Văcaru
Spokesperson Gabriela Podașcă
Founder Victor Ponta
Founded 29 May 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-29)
Split from Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE)
Ideology Social liberalism
Soft pro-Europeanism[1]
Political position Centre[2] to centre-left[3][4][5]
European affiliation European Democratic Party
European Parliament group Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colors      Blue
     Red
     Yellow
Senate
0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 330
European Parliament
1 / 33
Mayors
36 / 3,176
County Councilors
56 / 1,340
Local Council Councilors
1,885 / 39,900
Website
www.proromaniaonline.ro
Politics of Romania
Political parties
Elections

PRO Romania (Romanian: PRO România, PRO) is a minor extra-parliamentary social liberal[6][7] political party in Romania.

History

The founding of PRO Romania was initiated in 2017 by former Prime Minister Victor Ponta, former acting/ad interim Prime Minister and Minister of Education Sorin Cîmpeanu, and former Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Environment and Climate Change Daniel Constantin. The party was formally established on 20 February 2018 in Bucharest.

Corina Crețu, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, announced on 17 January 2019 that she will candidate in the European Parliament election on behalf of PRO Romania.[8] She will be at the second position in the list after Victor Ponta.[9]

Only 4 days later, senator and former Minister of National Defence Adrian Țuțuianu announced that he joined the party,[10] becoming the first senator to join PRO Romania.[11]

In 2019, PRO Romania was represented in the Romanian Parliament by 20 deputies[12] and 1 senator[11] and in the European Parliament by 2 MEPs.[13]

The party joined the European political party European Democratic Party (EDP) in February 2019.[14] However, its MEPs sit in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (PES) and not in the Renew Europe group.

In 2020, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) merged into PRO Romania, and the expanded party has renamed itself into PRO Romania Social-Liberal (Romanian: PRO România Social-Liberal).[15]

Nevertheless, on 26 January 2021, the executive bureau of PRO Romania met to stop the merger procedure between the party and ALDE, thereby formally ceasing the union between the two parties.[16]

Members

Since its establishment, many high-profile former members of PSD or ALDE[17] have joined PRO Romania, including:

Leadership

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2016 did not exist1
21 / 329
did not exist
0 / 136
— PSD-ALDE government (2017–2018)
Opposition to PSD-ALDE government (2018–2019)
Opposition to PSD minority government (2019)
Supporting PNL minority government (2019–2020)
Opposition to PNL minority government (2020)
2020 236,454 4.16
0 / 330
238,888 4.19
0 / 136
 7th  Extra-parliamentary opposition to PNL-USR PLUS-UDMR government (2020–2021)
Extra-parliamentary opposition to PNL-UDMR minority government (2021)
Extra-parliamentary support for CNR government (2021–present)

Notes:

1 The MPs were elected on PSD's and ALDE's lists.

Local elections

Election County Councilors (CJ) Mayors Local Councilors (CL) Popular vote  % Position
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2020 356,030 4.95
56 / 1,340
331,854 4.09
36 / 3,176
381,535 4.76
1,885 / 39,900
N/A N/A  5th 

Presidential elections

Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2019 Mircea Diaconu1 815,201
8.85%
  4th  not qualified

Notes:

1 Mircea Diaconu was the candidate of the "One Man" (Romanian: Un om) alliance; The alliance's members were PRO Romania and ALDE.

European elections

Election Votes Percentage MEPs Position EU Party EP Group
2019 583,916 6.44%
2 / 32
 4th  EDP S&D

References

  1. ↑ https://europeelects.eu/european-union/romania/
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External links

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