Pro România

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Pro România
Victor Ponta
Party leader Victor Ponta
Secretary General Alin Văcaru
speaker Gabriela Podasca
Emergence September 2017
founding 20th February 2018
Headquarters Bucharest , Romania
RomaniaRomania 
Alignment Social liberalism ,
economic liberalism ,
progressivism ,
pro- EU
Colours) Blue red yellow


Chamber of Deputies
23/329
senate
3/136
Number of members 6,400 (2019)
MEPs
1/33
European party EDP
EP Group S&D
Website www.proromania.ro

Pro România ( proper spelling PRO România ; abbreviated PRO ; "For Romania") is a political party in Romania with a social-liberal orientation. It was founded in 2017/18 by former members of the social democratic PSD and the liberal ALDE . The party leader is the former Prime Minister Victor Ponta . At the European level, PRO belongs to the European Democratic Party (EDP) and the Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D).

history

The parties PSD and ALDE have ruled in a coalition since 2016, whose PSD chairman Liviu Dragnea was not allowed to be prime minister due to his previous convictions, but pulled the strings as the ruler in the background. In May 2017, two ALDE MPs were expelled from the party after a conflict with party leader Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu . Thereupon the former co-chairman Daniel Constantin and the former education minister Sorin Cîmpeanu left the ALDE and announced the establishment of a new party. The PSD chairman Dragnea ousted Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu in June 2017 . Victor Ponta, who was Romania's head of government and chairman of the PSD from 2012–15, sided with Grindeanu. As a result, Ponta was excluded from the PSD.

In September 2017, Ponta, Constantin and Cîmpeanu announced the founding of PRO România, registered as a party since February 2018. EU Commissioner Corina Crețu , Senator and former Defense Minister Adrian Țuțuianu , and former Prime Minister Mihai also stepped from the PSD in January 2019 Tudose to PRO about. After further changes from the PSD and ALDE, Pro România has 32 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and one senator.

PRO ran for the European elections in May 2019 with Ponta as the top candidate and Crețu in second place. The party received 6.3% of the vote and two of the 32 Romanian seats. The two MEPs Crețu and Tudose joined the S&D group. The party boycotted the vote of confidence for the Ludovic Orbans PNL government in parliament in November 2019 , but seven PRO MPs voted for Orban, contrary to the party leader's instructions. Mihai Tudose left Pro România and returned to PSD in January 2020.

Web links

Commons : PRO România  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Florian Hassel: Liviu Dragnea, the actual ruler of Romania. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ Keno Verseck : Mass protest against the government. The Romanians have had enough. In: Spiegel Online from February 2017.
  3. ^ Marco Kauffmann Bossart: Citizen Protests in Romania. Swipes from the People's Palace. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from February 13, 2017.
  4. ↑ Sorin Campeanu a demisionat din ALDE: Ma Alatur Noii constructii initate de Daniel Constantin. In: HotNews.ro , May 23, 2017.
  5. ^ Pro Romania political project, launched by Victor Ponta, Daniel Constantin, Sorin Cimpeanu as “an alternative to the current parties' offer”. In: Nine o'clock , September 4, 2017.
  6. ↑ Pro România a primit personalitate JURIDICA. Daniel Constantin, fondator al partidului, alături de Victor Ponta şi Sorin Cîmpeanu. In: Libertatea , February 20, 2018.
  7. ↑ Anca Gurzu: Romania's rulers take Euroskeptic turn. In: Politico , March 13, 2019.
  8. ↑ Adrian Ţuţuianu sa înscris în Partidul lui Victor Ponta. Digi24, January 21, 2019.
  9. ^ Another ruling party leader decides to join party of former Romanian PM Ponta. In: Romania-Insider.com , January 30, 2019.
  10. ^ National Delegations: Romania. Progressive Alliance of Social Democrats, accessed August 15, 2019.
  11. ↑ Ludovic Orban is the new Prime Minister of Romania. In: Der Spiegel , November 4, 2019.
  12. ^ New government of Ludovic Orban in office. In: Siebenbürgische Zeitung , November 7, 2019.
  13. ↑ Former Romanian PM Mihai Tudose returns to Social Democrats. In: Romania Insider , January 9, 2020.