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(Top) 1 History 2 Members 3 Electoral history 3.1 Legislative elections 3.2 Local elections 3.3 Presidential elections 3.4 European elections 4 References 5 External links

PRO Romania

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PRO Romania PRO România

Abbreviation	PRO
President	Victor Ponta
Secretary-General	Alin Văcaru
Spokesperson	Gabriela Podașcă
Founders	Victor Ponta Sorin Cîmpeanu Daniel Constantin
Founded	29 May 2017; 7 years ago (2017-05-29)
Registered	20 February 2018; 6 years ago (2018-02-20)
Split from	Social Democratic Party (PSD) Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE)
Ideology	Social liberalism^[1] Social democracy^[2]^[3] Left-wing nationalism^[4] Progressivism^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^{[non-primary source needed]} Pro-Europeanism^[9]^[10]
Political position	Centre^[11]tocentre-left^[12]^[13]^[14]
European affiliation	Party of European Socialists (observer)
European Parliament group	Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
Colors	Blue Red Yellow
Senate	0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 330
European Parliament	0 / 33
Mayors	0 / 3,176
County Councilors	0 / 1,340
Local Council Councilors	110 / 39,900
Website
www.proromaniaonline.ro
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

PRO Romania (Romanian: PRO România, PRO) is an extra-parliamentary social liberal^[15]^[16] political partyinRomania.

History[edit]

The founding of PRO Romania was initiated in 2017 by former Prime Minister Victor Ponta, former acting/ad interim 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 would be a candidate in the European Parliament election on behalf of PRO Romania.^[17] She would be at the second position in the list after Victor Ponta.^[18]

Four days later, senator and former Minister of National Defence Adrian Țuțuianu announced that he joined the party,^[19] becoming the first senator to join PRO Romania.^[20]

In 2019, PRO Romania was represented in the Romanian Parliament by 20 deputies^[21] and 1 senator^[20] and in the European Parliament by 2 MEPs.^[22]

The party joined the European political party European Democratic Party (EDP) in February 2019.^[23] However, its MEPs sit in the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats (PES) and not in the Renew Europe group.

In 2020, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) merged into PRO Romania, and the expanded party has renamed itself PRO Romania Social-Liberal (Romanian: PRO România Social-Liberal).^[24]

Nevertheless, on 26 January 2021, the executive bureau of PRO Romania met to stop the merger procedure between the party and ALDE, thereby formally ceasing the union between the two parties.^[25]

In October 2022, the party became an observer member of the Party of European Socialists (PES).^[26]

Members[edit]

Since its establishment, many high-profile former members of PSD or ALDE^[27] have joined PRO Romania, including:

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[edit]

Legislative elections[edit]

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)
	Endorsing 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 (2020–2021)
							Extra-parliamentary opposition to PNL-UDMR minority government (2021)
							Extra-parliamentary endorsement for CNR government (2021–present)

Notes:

¹ The MPs were elected on PSD's and ALDE's lists.

Local elections[edit]

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	—	—	5th
2024	17.633	–	0 / 1,340	18.063	–	0 / 3,176	29.505	0.34	110 / 39,900	—	—	17th

Presidential elections[edit]

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" (Romanian: Un om) alliance; The alliance's members were PRO Romania and ALDE.

European elections[edit]

Election	Votes	Percentage	MEPs	Position	EU Party	EP Group
2019	583,916	6.44%	2 / 32	4th	EDP	S&D
2024	not participated

References[edit]

^ "Politico: Romania en Marche. Ponta vrea sa creeze un spatiu pro-european si progresist - asta daca nu intra la inchisoare".

^ "Fostul co-președinte USL Victor Ponta, "bucuros" să se întoarcă în PSD. A fost dat afară de Dragnea | Newsweek Romania". 20 August 2023.

^ "Victor Ponta: The ruling PSD in Romania is becoming like Fidesz". 3 April 2019.

^ "Sondaj: Românii sunt înclinaţi între social-democraţie şi naţionalism. Liberalismul este în declin după 20 ani de preşedinţi liberali".

^ https://evz.ro/pro-romania-si-a-ales-presedintele.html

^ "Politico: Romania en Marche. Ponta vrea sa creeze un spatiu pro-european si progresist - asta daca nu intra la inchisoare".

^ "Victor Ponta salută lansarea în Italia a noului partid progresist și proeuropean "Italia Viva", la inițiativa fostului premier italian Matteo Renzi - caleaeuropeana.ro". 22 September 2019.

^ "EU socialists say Romania's Victor Ponta is 'fully unreliable'". 21 May 2019.

^ "Romania".

^ 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 supporters.

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

^ "Proromania.eu".

^ "Romania".

^ 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 (in Romanian). Retrieved 2019-01-18.

^ "Europarlamentare. Țuțuianu: Victor Ponta și Corina Crețu deschid lista Pro România". www.dcnews.ro (in Romanian). 28 January 2019. 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. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 2019-01-22.

^ ^a ^b "Adrian Țuțuianu s-a înscris în partidul lui Victor Ponta". Digi24 (in Romanian). 21 January 2019. 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.

^ Liberă, Europa (8 October 2020). "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.

^ "PES Congress welcomes new PES leadership team and four new member parties". 15 October 2022.

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

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