Save Romania Union Youth

USR Youth (Romanian: USR Tineret) is the youth organisation of the Save Romania Union. It was created under Article 89 of the party statute.[2]

USR Youth
USR Tineret
PresidentMihai Gabriel Costea
Vice PresidentIoana Abăseacă
Ciprian Constantinescu
Valentin Lăzureanu
Yasin Ibraim
Eugenia Ștefan
Ștefan Badea
Founded2019
HeadquartersBlvd. Aviatorilor, 9
Bucharest
Mother partySave Romania Union
LYMEC affiliation2019 (associate)[1]

Leadership

From 2018 to 2020, the organisation had a decentralised structure and lacked a traditional hierarchical style of leadership, owing to its rather informal nature. A definitive statute was adopted in 2020, and an Executive Board was elected in May 2020.[3]

Alongside the president, directly elected by the organisation's members, there are six vice presidents assigned to the following portfolios: international relations, public policy, communication, human resources, civil society, and a final one tasked with managing the relationship with the rest of the party.

Controversies

USR Tineret is the first youth organisation of a Romanian political party to openly support the decriminalisation of cannabis.[4] The organisation was openly critical of a bill project by USR MP Lavinia Cosma, meant to impose harsher punishments for cannabis trafficking.[5]

In November 2019, the organisation's Facebook page posted a viral meme comparing King Michael of Romania to manele singer Florin Salam in a tongue-in-cheek manner, in the context of Timișoara mayor Nicolae Robu banning the manele genre in the city's public areas. The meme was harshly criticised by Romanian conservatives and monarchists affiliated with the National Liberal Party.[6]

References
  1. LYMEC Website, retrieved 22 April 2020
  2. Statutul USR, articolul 89
  3. USR Tineret Executive Board elections results
  4. "USR Tineret nu mai vrea pedepsirea consumului de canabis. Propunere de lege". Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  5. "Mesajul viral al USR Tineret după adoptarea în Parlament a legii care mărește pedepsele pentru trafic de droguri". Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  6. "FOTO Postare controversată a USR Tineret: Interzicerea Regelui Mihai în România, sub regimul Ion Iliescu, comparată cu interzicerea "Regelui manelelor" în Timișoara, după o decizie a primarului Nicolae Robu". Retrieved 22 April 2020.
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