People's Movement Party

The People's Movement Party (Romanian: Partidul Mișcarea Populară, PMP) is a centre-right,[14] Christian-democratic[2] political party in Romania.

People's Movement Party

Partidul Mișcarea Populară
PresidentEmil-Marius Pașcan (interim)
General SecretaryDorel-Constantin Onaca
SpokespersonMihail Neamțu
Vice PresidentCristian Diaconescu
Honorary PresidentTraian Băsescu
FounderTraian Băsescu
Founded29 January 2014 (2014-01-29)
Split fromDemocratic Liberal Party
HeadquartersStrada Iorga nr. 11, Sector 1, Bucharest
Youth wingPeople's Movement Youth Organization (OT MP)
Women's wingMP Women's Organization
MembershipUndisclosed[1]
Ideology
Political positionCentre-right[14]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
European Parliament groupEuropean People's Party
Associated organisationsNational Unity Party (Moldova)[15]
Colors  Green
  Blue
Senate
0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 330
European Parliament
2 / 33
Mayors
48 / 3,176
County Councilors
65 / 1,340
Local Council Councilors
2,150 / 39,900
Website
pmponline.ro

History

The PMP was created as a political foundation in March 2013 by supporters of then president Traian Băsescu, following his break with the leadership of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) around former Senate speaker Vasile Blaga.[16] It was transformed into a political party in July 2013[17] and re-launched on 29 January 2014.[18]

The PMP identifies itself as Christian democratic and liberal.[17] The new party's chairman after June 2014 was former minister of regional development and tourism and Băsescu's confidante Elena Udrea. Other notable members include former culture minister Theodor Paleologu, former foreign minister Teodor Baconschi, former minister of education Daniel Funeriu, member of European Parliament (MEP) Cristian Preda,[19] Băsescu's daughter and MEP Elena Băsescu.[20] and former Foreign Minister and head of the presidential administration Cristian Diaconescu.[21]

In the 2014 European election, the party won 6.2% of the votes and two of Romania's 32 seats. Its Members of the European Parliament Siegfried Mureșan and Cristian Preda joined the European People's Party Group, although Preda has since been expelled from the party. On 12 September 2014, the PMP was admitted as a full member to the European People's Party.[22]

For the November 2014 presidential election, the PMP nominated Elena Udrea. She was also endorsed by the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD). With 5.2% of the popular vote, she was placed fourth and did not qualify for the second round. The party asked its voters to support Klaus Iohannis of the National Liberal Party in the runoff election.[23]

On 12 July 2016, Traian Băsescu announced that the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) would merge with PMP on 20 July 2016.[24] Subsequently, the union between the two parties failed and PMP lost several representatives both in the Senate and in the Chamber of Deputies.

In the 2020 legislative election, due to the poor presence at the polling stations (31,84%) caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the party failed to earn 5% of the public vote and didn't entered parliament. The episode was controversial to say at least as the party was very close to the threshold and had 0 votes in several polling stations in which they had party representatives who's votes were nowhere to be found. The party contested the results and demanded recounting the votes in 1090 polling stations but was ultimately refused by the Central Electoral Bureau (Romanian: Biroul Electoral Central, BEC) . This failure has led the party president, Eugen Tomac, to resign from the party's leadership.[25]

Leadership
  Also served as President of Romania
Nº Name
Born - Died		 Portrait Term start Term end Duration
— Eugen Tomac
(Acting)
(1981–)		 23 June, 2013 8 June, 2014 11 months and 16 days
1 Elena Udrea
(1973–)		 8 June, 2014 30 January, 2015 7 months and 22 days
— Eugen Tomac
(Acting)
(1981–)		 30 January, 2015 8 February, 2015 9 days
2 Eugen Tomac
(1981–)		 8 February, 2015 27 March, 2016 1 year, 1 month and 19 days
3 Traian Băsescu
(1951–)		 27 March, 2016 16 June, 2018 2 years, 2 months and 20 days
4 Eugen Tomac
(1981–)		 16 June, 2018 9 December, 2020 2 years, 5 months and 23 days
— Emil-Marius Pașcan
(Acting)
(1971–)		 9 December, 2020 present 1 month and 27 days

Notable members

Electoral history

Legislative elections
Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2012 did not exist1
16 / 412
 did not exist
0 / 176
 — Extra-parliamentary opposition to USL government (2013–2014)
Opposition to PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (2014)
Opposition to PSD-UNPR-ALDE government (2014–2015)
Supporting the technocratic Cioloș Cabinet (2015–2017)
2016 376,891 5.35
18 / 329
 398,791 5.65
8 / 136
  6th  Opposition to PSD-ALDE government (2017–2019)
Opposition to PSD minority government (2019)
Supporting PNL minority government (2019–2020)
2020 284,501 4.82
0 / 330
 291,484 4.93
0 / 136
  6th  Extra-parliamentary support for PNL-USR-PLUS-UDMR government (2020–present)

Notes:

1 the MPs were elected on PDL list.

National results
Election County Councilors (CJ) Mayors Local Councilors (CL) Popular vote % Position
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2016 368,985 4.46
41 / 1,434
 304,924 3.57
18 / 3,186
 360,035 4.30
1,315 / 40,067
 368,985 4.46  5th 
2020 423,147 5.88
67 / 1,340
 353,005 4.73
50 / 3,176
 420,791 5.72
2,150 / 39,900
 473,637 6.04  4th 

Mayor of Bucharest
Election Candidate First round
Votes Percentage Position
2016 Robert Turcescu37,098
6.46%
 4th 
2020 Traian Băsescu72,556
10.99%
 3rd 

Presidential elections
Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2014 Elena Udrea1493,376
5.20%
 4th not qualified
2019 Theodor Paleologu527,098
5.72%
 5th not qualified

Notes:

1 Elena Udrea's candidacy to presidency in 2014 was also supported by the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party.

European elections
ElectionVotesPercentageMEPsPositionEU PartyEP Group
2014 345,973 6.2%
2 / 32
  6th  — EPP Group
2019 522,104 5.7%
2 / 32
  5th  EPP EPP Group

References
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  2. Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Romania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  3. "People's Movement Party (PMP)". The Democratic Society. 19 May 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. https://pmponline.ro/2017/07/26/parlamentarii-pmp-s-au-intalnit-cu-membri-ai-congresului-sua-sustinem-familia-traditionala
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  13. https://www.mediafax.ro/politic/eugen-tomac-despre-moschee-doar-daca-stefan-cel-mare-imi-da-dezlegare-sa-nu-fim-loc-de-pelerinaj-foto-15155044
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  15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbM-QW7M3vY
  16. Daniela Baragan (8 April 2013), Basescu ever closer to the People’s Movement, PDL takes distance from him, NineO'Clock.ro, archived from the original on 9 April 2013
  17. Popular Movement Party (PMP) officially registered, ActMedia.eu, 24 July 2013
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  19. Alina Grigoras (9 February 2014), Basescu starts electoral offensive through Popular Movement, NineO'Clock.ro
  20. Elena Băsescu s-a înscris în PMP, dar NU va candida la europarlamentare. Cum s-a încurcat EBA la "testul electoral", Gândul.info, 24 March 2014
  21. Cristian Diaconescu joins PMP, NineOclock.Ro, 20 May 2014
  22. "EPP concerned over actions of radical Islamic militant groups and over latest political developments in Romania; welcomes five new member parties". European People's Party. 12 September 2014. Archived from the original on 13 April 2015.
  23. "Udrea ultim îndemn către electoratul PMP pentru a vota cu Iohannis". PaginadePolitică.ro. 15 November 2014.
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