PRO Romania

PRO Romania
PRO Romania; PRO România
Abbreviation	PRO
President	Victor Ponta
Secretary-General	Alin Văcaru
Spokesperson	Gabriela Podașcă
Founder	Victor Ponta
Founded	20 February 2018
Split from	Social Democratic Party; Alliance of Liberals and Democrats
Ideology	Social liberalism
Political position	Centre[1] to centre-left[2]
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
	proromania.ro
	Politics of Romania; Political parties; Elections;

PRO Romania (Romanian: PRO România) is a social-liberal[3][4] political party in Romania.

History

The founding of PRO Romania was initiated in 2017 by former Prime Minister Victor Ponta, former acting 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.[5] She will be at the second position in the list after Victor Ponta.[6]

Only 4 days later, senator and former Minister of National Defence Adrian Țuțuianu announced that he joined the party,[7] becoming the first senator to join PRO Romania.[8]

In 2019 PRO Romania was represented in the Romanian Parliament by 20 deputies[9] and 1 senator[8] and in the European Parliament by 2 MEPs.[10]

The party joined the European political party European Democratic Party in February 2019.[11] However, its MEPs sit in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats and not in the Renew Europe group.

In 2020 Alliance of Liberals and Democrats merged into PRO Romania, and the expanded party has renamed itself into Social-Liberal PRO Romania (Romanian: PRO România Social-Liberal).[12]

On the 26th of January 2021, the executive bureau of PRO Romania met to stop the merger procedure between the party and ALDE.[13]

Members

Since its establishment, many high-profile former members of PSD or ALDE[14] have joined PRO Romania, including:

Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu - former Prime Minister of Romania, founder of ALDE, which later merged into PRO Romania in October, 2020.
Nicolae Bănicioiu - member of the Chamber of Deputies and former Minister of Health;
Ioana Petrescu - former Minister of Finance;
Augustin Jianu - former Minister of Communications and Information Society;
Mircea Dobre - member of the Chamber of Deputies and former Minister of Tourism;
Gabriela Podașcă, Cătălin Nechifor, Mircea Banias, Emilia Meiroșu, Mihaela Huncă, Eugen Durbacă, Alin Văcaru, Adrian Pau - members of the Chamber of Deputies;
Răzvan Cotovelea - former Minister of Communications and Information Society;
Adrian Țuțuianu - senator and former Minister of National Defence.

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
Election	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Position	Aftermath
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–present)

Notes:

¹ the MPs were elected on PSD & ALDE lists.

Local elections

Election	County Councilors (CJ)			Mayors			Local Councilors (CL)			Popular vote	%	Position
Election	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats	Popular vote	%	Position
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
Election	Candidate	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" Alliance; alliance members: 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

Andra Banea; Robert Steenland; Simona Brăileanu (4 April 2019). "EU country briefing: Romania". Euractiv. First, former Prime Minister Ponta (who left the PSD) created a new centrist party dubbed PRO Romania, which has taken over some of PSD’s support.
Ilie, Luiza; Marinas, Radu-Sorin (4 November 2019). "Romanian government wins confidence vote, key for EU policymaking". Reuters.
Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Romania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
"Victor Ponta, în partidul Pro România, alături de Daniel Constantin: Nu mi-am propus să rup PSD". Libertatea.ro (in Romanian). 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2018-11-13.
Redacția (2019-01-17). "Oficial: Corina Crețu va candida din partea partidului lui Victor Ponta la europarlamentare". G4Media.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-01-18.
"Europarlamentare. Țuțuianu: Victor Ponta și Corina Crețu deschid lista Pro România". www.dcnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-01-28.
"Adrian Țuțuianu a făcut ANUNȚUL - Dat afară din PSD, fostul ministru se înscrie în partidul condus de Victor Ponta". Stiri pe surse. Retrieved 2019-01-22.
"Adrian Țuțuianu s-a înscris în partidul lui Victor Ponta". Digi24 (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-01-22.
Angheluș, Marinela (2019-02-01). "Răsturnare de situație pe scena politică: PRO România, cot la cot cu ALDE în Camera Deputaților". PSnews (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-02-01.
"Advanced search | Search | MEPs | European Parliament | Romania". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-02-13.
"Five new members joined the European Democrats | European Democrats – European Democratic Party". www.democrats.eu. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
"ALDE & Pro România fuzionează și formează Pro România Social Liberal". Europa Liberă România (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-10-08.
Pecheanu, Gabriel (2021-01-26). "Pro România a convocat un congres extraordinar pentru întreruperea demersurilor de fuziune cu ALDE". Mediafax (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.
"Ponta Comeback Alarms Romania's Ruling Party". Balkaninsight.com. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-10-09.

External links

Official website

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[1] Andra Banea; Robert Steenland; Simona Brăileanu (4 April 2019). "EU country briefing: Romania". Euractiv. First, former Prime Minister Ponta (who left the PSD) created a new centrist party dubbed PRO Romania, which has taken over some of PSD’s support.

[2] Ilie, Luiza; Marinas, Radu-Sorin (4 November 2019). "Romanian government wins confidence vote, key for EU policymaking". Reuters.

[3] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Romania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 18 December 2020.

[4] "Victor Ponta, în partidul Pro România, alături de Daniel Constantin: Nu mi-am propus să rup PSD". Libertatea.ro (in Romanian). 2017-09-03. Retrieved 2018-11-13.

[5] Redacția (2019-01-17). "Oficial: Corina Crețu va candida din partea partidului lui Victor Ponta la europarlamentare". G4Media.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-01-18.

[6] "Europarlamentare. Țuțuianu: Victor Ponta și Corina Crețu deschid lista Pro România". www.dcnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-01-28.

[7] "Adrian Țuțuianu a făcut ANUNȚUL - Dat afară din PSD, fostul ministru se înscrie în partidul condus de Victor Ponta". Stiri pe surse. Retrieved 2019-01-22.

[:1-8] "Adrian Țuțuianu s-a înscris în partidul lui Victor Ponta". Digi24 (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-01-22.

[9] Angheluș, Marinela (2019-02-01). "Răsturnare de situație pe scena politică: PRO România, cot la cot cu ALDE în Camera Deputaților". PSnews (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-02-01.

[10] "Advanced search | Search | MEPs | European Parliament | Romania". www.europarl.europa.eu. Retrieved 2019-02-13.

[11] "Five new members joined the European Democrats | European Democrats – European Democratic Party". www.democrats.eu. Retrieved 2019-02-09.

[12] "ALDE & Pro România fuzionează și formează Pro România Social Liberal". Europa Liberă România (in Romanian). Retrieved 2020-10-08.

[13] Pecheanu, Gabriel (2021-01-26). "Pro România a convocat un congres extraordinar pentru întreruperea demersurilor de fuziune cu ALDE". Mediafax (in Romanian). Retrieved 2021-01-26.

[14] "Ponta Comeback Alarms Romania's Ruling Party". Balkaninsight.com. 2018-05-25. Retrieved 2018-10-09.

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Represented in the Chamber of Deputies (330)	Social Democratic Party (110) National Liberal Party (93) USR-PLUS Alliance (55) Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (33) Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (21) Ethnic minority parties (18; 1 each)
Represented in the Senate (136)	Social Democratic Party (47) National Liberal Party (41) USR-PLUS Alliance (25) Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (14) Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (9)
Represented in the European Parliament (33)	National Liberal Party (EPP, 10) Social Democratic Party (S&D, 8) Save Romania Union (Renew Europe, 4) PLUS (Renew Europe, 4) Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (EPP, 2) People's Movement Party (EPP, 2) Social-Liberal PRO Romania (S&D, 1) Humanist Power Party (social-liberal) (S&D, 1) Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (ECR, 1)
Not represented in Parliament*	People's Movement Party (4.84%) Social-Liberal PRO Romania (4.14%) Romanian Ecologist Party (1.22%) Humanist Power Party (social-liberal) (1.11%) Greater Romania Party (0.61%)
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