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Eugen Tomac disputed with Cristian DiaconescuHTTPS://ADEVARUL.RO/POLITICA/SUBVENTIA-PMP-SUSPENDATA-DE-AEP-DIN-CAUZA-2281360.HTMLWEBSITE=ADEVARUL LANGUAGE=RO, | secretary_general = Ionuț Simionca| leader2_title = Honorary President| leader2_name = Traian BăsescuSenate of Romania>Senate| leader3_name = Chamber of Deputies (Romania)>Chamber of Deputies| leader4_name = | founder = Traian BăsescuDemocratic Liberal Party (Romania)>Democratic Liberal Party (PDL)Sector 1 (Bucharest)>Sector 1, Bucharest| youth_wing = People's Movement Youth Organization (OT MP)| womens_wing = MP Women's Organization| religion = DATE=10 SEPTEMBER 2014, 16 December 2014, class=nowrap MonarchismHTTPS://EXPRESMEDIA.RO/ACTUALITATE/17/11/PMP-DORESTE-INTRODUCEREA-MONARHIEI-CONSTITUTIONALE-DIACONESCU-A-FOST-FUNCTIONALA-ACEASTA-IDEE/DATE=17 NOVEMBER 2021, European Federation>European federalismCRISTIAN >LAST1=GHERASIM PERIODICAL=EURONEWS URL=HTTPS://WWW.EURONEWS.COM/2019/04/08/A-FORMER-PRIEST-A-TENNIS-NO1-AND-AN-EX-NATIONAL-FOOTBALL-COACH-ROMANIA-S-EU-ELECTION-CANDI, .}}Centre-right politicsRADU CINPOESEDITOR1=LAVINIA STANTITLE=POST-COMMUNIST ROMANIA AT TWENTY-FIVE: LINKING PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTUREYEAR=2015ISBN=978-1-4985-0110-1Right-wing politics>right-wingHTTPS://WWW.MEDIAFAX.RO/POLITIC/PRESEDINTELE-PMP-DISPARITIA-ACESTEI-FORMATIUNI-POLITICE-ESTE-EXCLUSA-20341111>TITLE=PREşEDINTELE PMP: DISPARIţIA ACESTEI FORMAţIUNI POLITICE ESTE EXCLUSăDATE = 29 JANUARY 2019, HTTPS://M.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=OLXCWNA_TDU>TITLE = PMP | PARTIDUL MIșCAREA POPULARă – PEOPLE'S MOVEMENT PARTY | ROMANIA, PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS 2020YOUTUBE, HTTPS://WWW.MEDIAFAX.RO/POLITIC/TOMAC-PMP-E-UN-PARTID-DE-DREAPTA-SINGURUL-PARTID-PARTENER-AL-LUI-TRAIAN-BASESCU-12714663WEBSITE=MEDIAFAX.RO, }}| national = United Right Alliance (since 2023)| european = European People's PartyCentrist Democrat International}}European People's Party Group>European People's Party Group| affiliation1_title = Associated organisationsNational Unity Party (Moldova)HTTPS://WWW.YOUTUBE.COM/WATCH?V=QBM-QW7M3VYWEBSITE = YOUTUBE, GERBHTTPS://WWW.STIRIPESURSE.RO/CRISTIAN-DIACONESCU-PMP-VREA-O-COLABORAREA-CU-PARTIDUL-CONSERVATOR-GERB-CONDUS-DE-FOSTUL-PREMIER_2132470.HTML>TITLE = CRISTIAN DIACONESCU (PMP) VREA O COLABORAREA CU PARTIDUL CONSERVATOR GERB, CONDUS DE FOSTUL PREMIER BULGAR BOYKO BORISOV, 7 December 2021, {{party colorborder=silver}} Green{{Color boxborder=silver}} BlueSenate of Romania>Senate0hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}Chamber of Deputies (Romania)>Chamber of Deputies0hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}| seats3_title = European Parliament2hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}| seats4_title = Mayors48hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}Counties of Romania>County Councilors65hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}| seats6_title = Local Council Councilors2150hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}| website = {{Official URL}}| country = Romania}}The People's Movement Party (, PMP) is a minor extra-parliamentary national-conservative and social conservative political party in Romania.

History

The PMP was created as a political foundation in March 2013 by supporters of then incumbent state president Traian Băsescu, following his break with the leadership of the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) around former Senate president Vasile Blaga.{{Citation|url=http://www.nineoclock.ro/basescu-ever-closer-to-the-people%E2%80%99s-movement-pdl-takes-distance-from-him/|author=Daniela Baragan|title=Basescu ever closer to the People's Movement, PDL takes distance from him |publisher=NineO'Clock.ro|date=8 April 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409113230weblink|archive-date=9 April 2013}} It was transformed into a political party in July 2013{{Citation|url=http://actmedia.eu/daily/popular-movement-party-pmp-officially-registered/47259|title=Popular Movement Party (PMP) officially registered|publisher=ActMedia.eu|date=24 July 2013}} and re-launched on 29 January 2014.{{Citation |url=http://www.nineoclock.ro/people%E2%80%99s-movement-party-aims-re-launching/|author=Alina Grigoras|title=People's Movement Party aims re-launching|publisher=NineO'Clock.ro|date=29 January 2014}}The PMP identified itself as Christian democratic and liberal in 2013. 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, or member of European Parliament (MEP) Cristian Preda,{{Citation |url=http://www.nineoclock.ro/basescu-starts-electoral-offensive-through-popular-movement/|author=Alina Grigoras|title=Băsescu starts electoral offensive through Popular Movement|publisher=NineO'Clock.ro |date=9 February 2014}} Băsescu's daughter and MEP Elena Băsescu.{{Citation |url=http://www.gandul.info/politica/elena-basescu-s-a-inscris-in-pmp-dar-nu-va-candida-la-europarlamentare-cum-s-a-incurcat-eba-la-testul-electoral-12322157|title=Elena Băsescu s-a înscris în PMP, dar NU va candida la europarlamentare. Cum s-a încurcat EBA la "testul electoral"|publisher=Gândul.info|date=24 March 2014}} and former Foreign Minister and head of the presidential administration Cristian Diaconescu.{{Citation |url=http://www.nineoclock.ro/cristian-diaconescu-joins-pmp/ |title=Cristian Diaconescu joins PMPdate=20 May 2014}}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 (EPP), 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 (EPP).WEB, 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,weblinkweblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20150413072435weblink">weblink 13 April 2015, 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 endorse Klaus Iohannis of the National Liberal Party (PNL) in the runoff election.NEWS, Udrea ultim îndemn către electoratul PMP pentru a vota cu Iohannis,weblink PaginadePolitică.ro, 15 November 2014, 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.NEWS,weblink UNPR fuzionează prin absorbţie cu PMP/ Băsescu: Gabriel Oprea rămâne doar cu onoarea, partidul nu mai e după fuziune. Partidul se va numi Partidul Mişcarea Populară, Mediafax, 12 July 2016, 13 July 2016, ro, 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 poor presence at the polling stations (33.30%) caused by the coronavirus pandemic, the party failed to earn 5% of the public vote and thereby failed to enter parliament. The episode was controversial to say at least as the party was very close to the threshold and had zero votes in several polling stations in which they had party representatives whose votes were nowhere to be found. As a result, the party contested the results and demanded recounting the votes in as many as 1,090 polling stations. Nonetheless, this demand was ultimately refused by the Central Electoral Bureau (, BEC). This failure led the party president, Eugen Tomac, to resign from the party's leadership.WEB, ro, Capital, 7 March 2021,weblink Răsturnare de situație după alegeri: Băsescu a dat lovitua maximă; e șoc total în Romania: se fac toate calculele., 9 December 2020, After a party congress held on 7 March 2021, Cristian Diaconescu was elected the new president and designated the party's candidate for the forthcoming 2024 Romanian presidential election.WEB, ro, Digi24, 7 March 2021,weblink Cristian Diaconescu, ales președinte al PMP și desemnat candidat al partidului la prezidențialele din 2024, On 19 February 2022, Eugen Tomac returned to the presidency of the party.WEB,weblink Eugen Tomac a fost reales în funcţia de preşedinte al PMP, www.antena3.ro, On 14 December 2023, Save Romania Union, Force of the Right and the People's Movement Party officially announced the creation of a right-wing electoral alliance to contest in the 2024 elections.WEB,weblink SURSE: USR, PMP și Forța Dreptei au bătut palma și lansează Polul de Dreapta, o alianță pentru alegerile din 2024, 14 December 2023, On 18 December, the alliance was formally named as United Right Alliance.WEB,weblink Drulă, Orban și Tomac au lansat Alianța Dreapta Unită. S-au împărțit deja locurile eligibile de pe listele pentru europarlamentare, 18 December 2023,

Ideology

When it was founded January 2014, the party identified itself as Christian democratic, conservative, and economic liberal.WEB,weblink Popular Movement Party (PMP) officially registered, However, in the later years, the party became more traditionalist. Nowadays, it opposes the immigration of foreigners into EU (especially of Muslims), Marxism, socialism, globalisation, and same-sex marriage.NEWS,weblink Băsescu vorbește de "expulzarea în masă" a migranților: "PMP nu va fi de acord cu transformarea UE într-o uriaşă moschee", Europa Liberă România, 4 May 2019, Liberă, Europa, WEB,weblink S-a răsuflat Globalizarea?... La o seară literală cu Traian Băsescu, 7 January 2021, WEB,weblink Basescu: Cea mai buna solutie de a face fata globalizarii este a fi membru UE, ZF.ro, WEB,weblink Traian Băsescu, în faţa "greilor" Europei | DW | 18.10.2010, Deutsche Welle, WEB,weblink تسجيل الدخول إلى فيسبوك, Facebook, BOOK,weblink Marșul asupra Europei. Noile dimensiuni ale migrației, 978-606-742-178-1, Bocancea, Sorin, 19 April 2016, Elefant Online, WEB,weblink "AUR are doua elemente: tricolorul in mana si poporul in gura, fraze foarte simple. Televiziunile ii promoveaza.", Ziare.com, WEB,weblink Basescu, despre cea mai mare moschee din Europa: "Nu exista risc mai mare decat sa aduci studenti musulmani in Romania", It has been identified as right-wing populist.

Leadership

{{legend|#1E90FF|Also served as President of Romania|outline=silver}}{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"! style="background:#ccc;"| Nº! style="background:#ccc;"| Name{{small|Born - Died}}! style="background:#ccc;"| Portrait! style="background:#ccc;"| Term start! style="background:#ccc;"| Term end! style="background:#ccc;"| Duration! —Eugen Tomac{{small>(acting (law))}}{{small>(1981–)}}60px)| 23 June 2013| 8 June 2014{{age in years, months and days620148}}}}! 1Elena Udrea{{small>(1973–)}}60px)| 8 June 2014| 30 January 2015{{age in years, months and days6201530}}}}! —Eugen Tomac{{small>(acting (law))}}{{small>(1981–)}}60px)| 30 January 2015| 8 February 2015{{age in years, months and days120158}}}}! 2Eugen Tomac{{small>(1981–)}}60px)| 8 February 2015| 27 March 2016{{age in years, months and days2201627}}}} style="background:#1E90FF"! 3Traian Băsescu{{small>(1951–)}}60px)| 27 March 2016| 16 June 2018{{age in years, months and days3201816}}}} style="background:#FFD700"! (2)Eugen Tomac{{small>(1981–)}}60px)| 16 June 2018| 9 December 2020{{age in years, months and days620209}}}}! —Emil-Marius Pașcan(acting (law))}}{{small>(1971–)}}| | 9 December 2020| 7 March 2021{{age in years, months and days1220217}}}}! 4Cristian Diaconescu{{small>(1959–)}}60px)| 7 March 2021| 19 February 2022{{age in years, months and days03202219}}}}! (2)Eugen Tomac{{small>(1981–)}}60px)| 19 February 2022| Incumbent{{age in years, months and days2|19}}}}

Notable members

Current notable members

• Traian Băsescu
• Eugen Tomac
• Elena Băsescu
• Robert Turcescu

Former notable members

• Theodor Paleologu
• Elena Udrea
• Cristian Preda
• Adrian Papahagi
• Cristian Diaconescu
• Daniel Funeriu
• Mihail NeamÈ›u
• Siegfried MureÈ™an

Electoral history

Legislative elections

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"! rowspan="2" |Election! colspan="3" |Chamber! colspan="3" |Senate! rowspan="2" |Position! rowspan="2" |Aftermath!Votes!%!Seats!Votes!%!Seats!rowspan=4|2012did not exist1{{Composition bar412People's Movement (Romania)}}}}did not exist{{Composition bar176People's Movement (Romania)}}}} —Extra-parliamentary opposition to USL government}} (2013–2014)Opposition to Social Democratic Party (Romania)-National Union for the Progress of Romania>UNPR-Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania-Conservative Party (Romania)>PC government}} (2014)Opposition to Social Democratic Party (Romania)-National Union for the Progress of Romania>UNPR-ALDE government}} (2014–2015)Endorsing the technocratic Cioloș Cabinet}} (2015–2017)!rowspan=3|2016376,8915.35{{Composition bar329People's Movement (Romania)}}}}398,7915.65{{Composition bar136People's Movement (Romania)}}}}{{color box6th|border=silver}}Opposition to Social Democratic Party (Romania)-Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)>ALDE government}} (2017–2019)Opposition to PSD minority government}} (2019)Endorsing PNL minority government}} (2019–2020)!rowspan=3| 2020284,5014.82{{Composition bar330People's Movement (Romania)}}}}291,4844.93{{Composition bar136People's Movement (Romania)}}}}{{color box6th|border=silver}}Extra-parliamentary endorsement for National Liberal Party (Romania)-USR PLUS-Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania>UDMR government}} (2020–2021)Extra-parliamentary endorsement for National Liberal Party (Romania)-Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania>UDMR minority government}} (2021)Extra-parliamentary endorsement for CNR government}} (2021–present)!rowspan=3| 2024TBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDTBDNotes:1 These MPs were previously elected on the PDL list of the larger ARD electoral alliance at the 2012 legislative election.

Local elections

National results

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"! rowspan="2"| Election! colspan="3"| County Councilors (CJ)! colspan="3"| Mayors! colspan="3"| Local Councilors (CL)! rowspan="2"| Popular vote! rowspan="2"| %! rowspan="2"| Position!Votes!%!Seats!Votes!%!Seats!Votes!%!Seats!2016|368,985|4.4641hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}|304,924|3.5718hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}|360,035|4.301315hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}|368,985|4.46!style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|grey|5th|border=silver}}!2020|423,147|5.8867hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}|353,005|4.7350hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}|420,791|5.722150hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}|473,637|6.04!style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|grey|4th|border=silver}}!2024|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD|TBD!TBD

Mayor of Bucharest

{| class=wikitable width=50%! rowspan=2|Election! rowspan=2|Candidate! colspan=3|First round!Votes!Percentage!Positionalign=center!2016Robert Turcescu}} 37,098 {{Percentage barc={{party colorgreyborder=silver}}align=center!2020Traian Băsescu}} 72,556 {{Percentage barc={{party color#CD7F32border=silver}}align=center!2024Nicușor Dan >| TBD

Presidential elections

{| class=wikitable width=80%! rowspan=2|Election! rowspan=2|Candidate! colspan=3|First round! colspan=3|Second round!Votes!Percentage!Position!Votes!Percentage!Positionalign=center! 2014Elena Udrea}}1 493,376 {{Percentage barc={{party colorgreyborder=silver}} bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|not qualifiedalign=center! 2019Theodor Paleologu}} 527,098 {{Percentage barc={{party colorgreyborder=silver}} bgcolor=lightgrey colspan=3|not qualifiedalign=center! 20240People's Movement (Romania)}}}} {{color boxTBDNotes:1 Elena Udrea's candidacy to presidency in 2014 was also endorsed by the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNÈšCD).

European elections

{| class=wikitable style="text-align: right;" width=60%! Election !! Votes !! Percentage !! MEPs !! Position !! EU Party !! EP Group style="text-align:center;"! 2014| 345,973| 6.2% {{steady}}2hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}Greyborder=silver}}| —European People's Party Group>EPP Group style="text-align:center;"! 2019| 522,104| 5.7% {{decrease}}2hex={{party color|People's Movement (Romania)}}}}Greyborder=silver}}European People's Party>EPPEuropean People's Party Group>EPP Group style="text-align:center;"! 2024| TBD| TBD| TBD| TBDEuropean People's Party>EPPEuropean People's Party Group>EPP Group

References

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External links

• {{official website}}

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