Social Democratic Party (Republic of Moldova)
The Social Democratic Party ( Romanian Partidul Social Democrat , PSD) is a social democratic Moldovan political party .
history
The Social Democratic Party was founded in the Moldovan SSR on May 13, 1990 as Partidul Social Democrat din Moldova (Social Democratic Party of Moldova). In national elections it has been unsuccessful to this day, mainly due to the competition with other center-left parties, and has not yet been able to achieve the 6% share of the vote ( threshold clause ) required to enter parliament . However, it is represented in regional and local parliaments.
In December 2007, the PSD merged with the Partidul Democrației Sociale (Party of Social Democracy) of former Prime Minister Dumitru Braghiș . During this time, numerous former members of the Uniunea Centristă din Moldova (UCM; Center Union of Moldova) joined the Social Democrats. After his party's accession to the PSD, the former PDS chairman Braghiș became the new leader of the Social Democrats. The previous chairman Eduard Musuc became the new general secretary.
At the local level, the PSD worked in part with the ruling communists and the Christian Democrats in the years that followed. Some disappointed members then switched to the anti-communist Liberal Democrats . In 2010 it made headlines because it lost 11,000 members to the Democratic Party, which is also represented in parliament.
Alignment
The party sees itself as a representative of social democracy in Moldova and is in competition with the larger center-left parties, the pro-Western Democratic Party and the pro-Russian Socialist Party of the Republic of Moldova . The party advocates the accession of Moldova to the customs union between Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan and wanted to initiate a referendum on this. The reason given is that the market there is more open to Moldovan products than the EU internal market.
Election results in parliamentary elections
| General election | Share of votes |
|---|---|
| 1994 | 3.7% |
| 1998 | 1.9% |
| 2001 | 2.5% |
| 2005 | 2.9% |
| April 2009 | 3.7% |
| July 2009 | 1.9% |
The PSD achieved its best result in the April 2009 elections with over 14% in Gagauzia . In Glodeni district , it received over 10% of the vote. In the parliamentary elections in 2014, the party no longer stood.
Remarks
- ^ Joint list Blocul Social Democrat (Social Democratic Bloc) with the Liga Națională a Tineretului din Moldova (National Youth League of Moldova)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated February 9, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.parties.e-democracy.md/electionresults/
