Right Romania Alliance

The Right Romania Alliance (Romanian: Alianţa România Dreaptă, ARD, also translating to "Just Romania Alliance")[6] was a Romanian electoral alliance formed between the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD), the Civic Force (FC) and supported by the Centre-right Civic Initiative founded by former independent Prime Minister Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu and other NGOs.

Right Romania Alliance
Alianţa România Dreaptă
LeaderVasile Blaga
Aurelian Pavelescu
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Secretary-GeneralGheorghe Flutur
Vice LeaderMihail Neamțu
Founded16 September 2012
Dissolved10 December 2012
IdeologyConservatism,[1][2]
Economic liberalism[1]
Reformism[1]
Political positionCentre-right[3][4][5]
European affiliationEuropean People's Party (EPP)
International affiliationChristian Democratic International (CDI)
Constituent partiesDemocratic Liberal Party (PDL),
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD),
Civic Force (FC)
SloganSus inima!
Website
www.aliantaromaniadreapta.eu

After a very short period of existence, lasting a little over three months, the alliance was legally dissolved on the background of the disastrous results in the legislative elections, as it was not a political, but only an electoral alliance.

History

Background

In July 2012, former independent Prime Minister Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu formed the Centre-right Civic Initiative (ICCD). He said that he support a political alliance for the parliamentary election of 2012. Representatives of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL), in opposition, began negotiations with the ICCD, the New Republic Party (PNR), Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢCD), and the Christian Democratic Foundation (DCF). PDL leader Vasile Blaga announced that the negotiations were successful.

On 30 August 2012, representatives of PDL, ICCD, PNŢCD, PNR, and FCD launched The Manifest of the United Right, that created the alliance. On 5 September 2012, the PNŢCD chairman, Aurelian Pavelescu announced that leaders determined that pole will be named Right Romania Alliance (ARD) and the logo will be a heart. On 7 September 2012, the National Convention of Civic Force (FC) elected Ungureanu as party leader. FC shortly joined the alliance, thereby replacing the ICCD (which was an NGO).

Short-lived existence

PNR has had problems registering as a political party and the FCD was not admitted into the alliance. Thus, on 15 September, representatives of PDL, PNŢCD, and FC have signed a protocol establishing the alliance, and a day later, the ARD has been registered at the Central Electoral Commission.

At the legislative election of 9 December 2012, ARD won 16.52% of votes to the Chamber of Deputies, 13.64% of votes to the Senate and 80 seats in the Parliament, which came to PDL (74 seats), FC (4 seats), PNȚCD (1 seat), and PNR (1 seat). On 10 December 2012, ARD was dissolved.[7]

Electoral history

Legislative elections
Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2012 1,223,189 16.52
56 / 412
 1,239,318 16.71
24 / 176
  2nd 1 Opposition to USL government (2012–2014)
Opposition to PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (2014)
Opposition to PSD-UNPR-ALDE government (2014–2015)
Supporting the technocratic Cioloș Cabinet (2015–2017)

Notes:

1 Right Romania Alliance members: PDL (22 senators and 52 deputies), FC (1 senator and 3 deputies), and PNȚCD (1 senator and 1 deputy).

References
  1. Verseck, Keno (5 October 2012), Romania's conservatives pull together, DW
  2. "Europe's conservatives can inspire Romania", România Liberă, 16 October 2012
  3. Romania govt set to win poll even as support slips, CNBC, 21 October 2012, archived from the original on 24 September 2015
  4. Country Risk Service Romania Updater, Economist Intelligence Unit, October 2012
  5. PDL, Civic Force Party and PNTCD launched the Right Romania Alliance, ACT Media, 1 October 2012
  6. Mutler, Alison (9 December 2012), Romanian exit polls: center-left gov't wins vote, Associated Press
  7. "First victim of the 2012 local elections - Right Romania alliance dissolves". Romania Insider.
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