People's Movement Party
The People's Movement Party (Romanian: Partidul Mișcarea Populară, PMP) is a minor extra-parliamentary nominally centre-right[15] Christian democratic,[2] national-conservative[7][8][22][3][4][5] political party in Romania.
People's Movement Party Partidul Mișcarea Populară | |
|---|---|
| President | Eugen Tomac |
| Secretary-General | Ionuț Simionca |
| Spokesman | Mihail Neamțu |
| Honorary President | Traian Băsescu |
| Founder | Traian Băsescu |
| Founded | 29 January 2014 |
| Split from | Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) |
| Headquarters | Strada Iorga nr. 11, Sector 1, Bucharest |
| Youth wing | People's Movement Youth Organization (OT MP) |
| Women's wing | MP Women's Organization |
| Membership | Undisclosed[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right[15] to right-wing[16][17][18][19] |
| European affiliation | European People's Party |
| International affiliation | Centrist Democrat International |
| European Parliament group | European People's Party |
| Associated organisations | National Unity Party (Moldova)[20] GERB[21] |
| 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 | |
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.[23] It was transformed into a political party in July, 2013[24] and re-launched on 29 January 2014.[25]
The PMP identifies itself as Christian democratic and liberal.[24] 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,[26] Băsescu's daughter and MEP Elena Băsescu.[27] and former Foreign Minister and head of the presidential administration Cristian Diaconescu.[28]
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).[29]
For the November 2014 presidential election, the PMP nominated Elena Udrea. She was also endorsed by the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚ-CD). 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 (PNL) in the runoff election.[30]
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.[31] 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 (Romanian: Biroul Electoral Central, BEC). This failure led the party president, Eugen Tomac, to resign from the party's leadership.[32]
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.[33] On 19 February 2022, Eugen Tomac returned to the presidency of the party.[34]
Ideology
When it was founded, the party identified itself as Christian democratic, conservative, and economic liberal.[35]
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.[36][8][4][5][37][38][39][40][41][42]
Leadership
| 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 | |
| (2) | Eugen Tomac (1981–) | 16 June 2018 | 9 December 2020 | 2 years, 5 months and 23 days | |
| — | Emil-Marius Pașcan (acting) (1971–) | 9 December 2020 | 7 March 2021 | 2 months and 26 days | |
| 4 | Cristian Diaconescu (1959–) | 7 March 2021 | 19 February 2022 | 11 months and 12 days | |
| (2) | Eugen Tomac (1981–) | 19 February 2022 | Incumbent | 11 months and 4 days |
Notable members
Current notable members
Former 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 (2020–2021) |
| Extra-parliamentary support for PNL-UDMR minority government (2021) | ||||||||
| Extra-parliamentary support for CNR government (2021–present) | ||||||||
| 2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Notes:
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
| 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 |
| 2024 | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Mayor of Bucharest
| Election | Candidate | First round | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
| 2016 | Robert Turcescu | 37,098 | 6.46% | 4th |
| 2020 | Traian Băsescu | 72,556 | 10.99% | 3rd |
| 2024 | TBA | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Presidential elections
| Election | Candidate | First round | Second round | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | Percentage | Position | Votes | Percentage | Position | ||
| 2014 | Elena Udrea1 | 493,376 | 5.20% | 4th | not qualified | ||
| 2019 | Theodor Paleologu | 527,098 | 5.72% | 5th | not qualified | ||
| 2024 | TBA | TBD | 0% | TBD | |||
Notes:
1 Elena Udrea's candidacy to presidency in 2014 was also supported by the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD).
European elections
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External links
- Official website