European Parliament elections were held in

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on 26 May 2019.

Background

Social Democratic Party (PSD)

In April 2019, the

Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists (PES) is a social democratic and progressive European political party. The PES comprises national-level political parties from all member states of the European Union (EU) plus Norway and the United Kingdom ...

(PES) announced on Wednesday that it would freeze relations with the

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(PSD) at least until June, citing concerns about the rule of law in the country. Since then the (PSD) moved further to

Euroscepticism Euroscepticism, also spelled as Euroskepticism or EU-scepticism, is a political position involving criticism of the European Union (EU) and European integration. It ranges from those who oppose some EU institutions and policies, and seek reform ...

Victor Ponta Victor Viorel Ponta (; born 20 September 1972) is a Romanian jurist and politician, who served as Prime Minister of Romania between his appointment by President Traian Băsescu in May 2012 and his resignation in November 2015. A former member of ...

, who was expelled from the PSD in 2017, said "The PSD unfortunately has turned to a very

populist Populism refers to a range of political stances that emphasize the idea of "the people" and often juxtapose this group against " the elite". It is frequently associated with anti-establishment and anti-political sentiment. The term developed ...

, very

nationalistic Nationalism is an idea and movement that holds that the nation should be congruent with the state. As a movement, nationalism tends to promote the interests of a particular nation (as in a group of people), Smith, Anthony. ''Nationalism: T ...

, demagogic party," he said.

National Liberal Party (PNL)

Three days after the 2014 election, on 28 May 2014, National Liberal Party president

Crin Antonescu George Crin Laurențiu Antonescu (; born 21 September 1959) is a Romanian politician, who was President of the National Liberal Party (PNL) from 2009 to 2014. He also served as the country Acting President after the impeachment of Traian Băsesc ...

announced that the party would change European affiliation from ALDE to EPP, and it has started negotiations for the merger with the Democratic Liberal Party. The newly created party would still be called National Liberal Party, and be a member of the EPP. Democratic Liberal Party president

Vasile Blaga Vasile Blaga (; born 26 July 1956) is a Romanian politician who was Speaker of the Upper Chamber of the Romanian Parliament, the Senate, from 2011 to 2012. He also served as Minister of Regional Development and Housing and twice as Minister of Ad ...

later that day confirmed the merger of the two parties. MEP

Norica Nicolai Norica Nicolai (born January 27, 1958) is a Romanian lawyer and politician. An independent who previously belonged to the National Liberal Party (PNL) and before that the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNŢ-CD), she was a member ...

, first candidate on the National Liberal Party list refused to join the

European People's Party group The European People's Party Group (EPP Group) is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament consisting of Member of the European Parliament, deputies (MEPs) from the member parties of the European People's Party (EPP). Sometimes ...

, and continued to stay a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. After the 2014 presidential election, MEP

Renate Weber Renate Weber (born 3 August 1955 in Botoșani, Botoșani County, Romania) is a Romanian lawyer and human rights activist who, in November 2007, was elected as Member of the European Parliament. She is the first Romanian appointed as Chief of a ...

, second candidate on the National Liberal Party list, resigned the

, and joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. After the completion of the merger of the two parties, the two MEPs were given an ultimatum to join the

or face party exclusion. They failed to fulfill the request and thus were expelled from the National Liberal Party, and currently stand with the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe group. Later, MEP

joined the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats. In late August 2017, MEP

Ramona Mănescu Ramona Nicole Mănescu (born 6 December 1972, Constanţa) is a Romanian politician and lawyer. From 24 July 2019 to 4 November 2019, she served as minister of Foreign Affairs in the Romanian Government. She was a Member of the European Parliam ...

, third candidate on the National Liberal Party list, resigned the party, but continued to stand with the

. In May 2018,

People's Movement Party The People's Movement Party ( ro, Partidul Mișcarea Populară, PMP) is a minor extra-parliamentary nominally centre-right Christian democratic, national-conservative political party in Romania. History The PMP was created as a political founda ...

MEP

Siegfried Mureșan Siegfried Mureșan (born 20 September 1981) is a Romanian economist and politician, vice-president of the European People's Party (EPP) since November 2019, vice-president of the European People's Party Group (EPP Group) in the European Parliamen ...

, spokesman of the

European People's Party The European People's Party (EPP) is a European political party with Christian-democratic, conservative, and liberal-conservative member parties. A transnational organisation, it is composed of other political parties. Founded by primarily Ch ...

, announced he is leaving the party to join the National Liberal Party. Journalist

Rareș Bogdan Rareș Bogdan (born 17 September 1974 in Ocna Mureș, Alba County, Romania) is a Romanian politician who has been a PNL member of the European Parliament for Romania since 2019. He was the leader of the National Liberal Party's electoral list ...

, formerly a staunch opponent to the liberals, was officially nominated as head of the PNL list for the European Parliament elections, which also contains, among others, former co-president of PNL

, MEPs

, Adina Vălean,

Daniel Buda Daniel Buda (born 11 January 1970 in Romania) is a Romanian politician. He has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. He is a member of the PDL (Democratic Liberal Party), which was merged into the PNL in 2014. In the 2019 elect ...

Cristian Bușoi Cristian Silviu Bușoi (born March 1, 1978) is a Romanian physician and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party (PNL), he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Timiș County from 2004 to 2007, and was a Member of the Eu ...

, Marian-Jean Marinescu and Mihai Țurcanu, and mayors

Mircea Hava Mircea Hava (born 26 December 1956 in Oradea, Bihor County, Romania) is a Romanian politician, engineer, and member of the European Parliament. Hava was elected as member of the European Parliament on the list of the National Liberal Party (P ...

and Gheorghe Falcă.

Democratic Liberal Party (PDL)

Three days after the 2014 election, on 28 May 2014, Democratic Liberal Party president

confirmed the announcement made by National Liberal Party president

, that the two parties were to merge into a new party, that would retain the name of the latter and international affiliation of the former. To express discontent with this decision, and the lack of a PDL candidate to the presidential election, MEP

Monica Macovei Monica Luisa Macovei (; born 4 February 1959) is a Romanian politician, lawyer and former prosecutor, and former Member of the European Parliament from the European Conservatives and Reformists and formerly a member of the Romanian Democratic L ...

, second candidate on the Democratic Liberal Party list resigned the party in September 2014, and competed in the 2014 presidential election as an independent. Following the presidential election, she joined, as an independent politician, the

European Conservatives and Reformists The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) is a soft Eurosceptic, anti- federalist political group of the European Parliament. The ECR is the parliamentary group of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party) European pol ...

People's Movement Party (PMP)

In September 2014, following some declarations,

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, first candidate on the

list, was expelled from the party. He continued to stand in the

. In 2016, the

merged with (absorbed) the National Union for the Progress of Romania, but the later's MEPs did not join the

. In May 2018, MEP

, spokesman of the

, announced he is leaving the

, to join the National Liberal Party. As a result, the

lost both its MEPs.

Conservative Party (PC)

The

Conservative Party The Conservative Party is a name used by many political parties around the world. These political parties are generally right-wing though their exact ideologies can range from center-right to far-right. Political parties called The Conservative P ...

ran with the National Union for the Progress of Romania on a common list headed by the

Social Democratic Party The name Social Democratic Party or Social Democrats has been used by many political parties in various countries around the world. Such parties are most commonly aligned to social democracy as their political ideology. Active parties For ...

at the previous election. This electoral alliance was supposed to be called "Social Democratic Union" ("Uniunea Social Democrată"), but, due to the Romanian legislation (this name was taken by a 1990s alliance between the

Democratic Party Democratic Party most often refers to: *Democratic Party (United States) Democratic Party and similar terms may also refer to: Active parties Africa *Botswana Democratic Party *Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea *Gabonese Democratic Party *Demo ...

and Romanian Social Democratic Party), they ran as "PSD-UNPR-PC". In 2015, the party merged with the Liberal Reformist Party, to form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Members displeased with this decision, headed by MEP Maria Grapini (first

candidate, and fifth on the PSD-UNPR-PC list), founded a new party, Humanist Power Party (Social-Liberal) ( ro, Partidul Puterii Umaniste (Social-Liberal)). She continues to stand with the

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, as a member of PPU-SL.

Laurențiu Rebega Laurențiu Rebega (born 20 February 1976) is a Romanian politician and since 2014, a member of the European Parliament (MEP). In the European Parliament, Laurentiu Rebega is a full member of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development (CO ...

, second

candidate and fourteenth on the PSD-UNPR-PC list, sat as an

independent politician An independent or non-partisan politician is a politician not affiliated with any political party or bureaucratic association. There are numerous reasons why someone may stand for office as an independent. Some politicians have political views th ...

in the

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group, before joining

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and the ECR.

National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR)

The National Union for the Progress of Romania ran with the

on a common list headed by the

and Romanian Social Democratic Party), they ran as "PSD-UNPR-PC". In 2016, the National Union for the Progress of Romania merged with (was absorbed by) the

, but the former's MEPs did not join the

. Both its two candidates continue to stand with the

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(first National Union for the Progress of Romania candidate and sixth on the "PSD-UNPR-PC" list) as an independent member, and Doru Frunzulică (second National Union for the Progress of Romania candidate and thirteenth on the "PSD-UNPR-PC" list) joined the

Opinion polls

Candidates and Elected MEPs

The Central Electoral Bureau publishes the lists the latest in 24 hours after they have been registered by the parties.

National Liberal Party (PNL)

# Adina Vălean #

# Dan Motreanu # Gheorghe Falcă #

Marian Jean Marinescu Marian-Jean Marinescu (born August 11, 1952) is a Romanian politician and member of PNL, part of the European People's Party–European Democrats. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Dolj County, he became a Member of the European Parliament ...

# Vlad Nistor # Mihai Țurcanu #

Violeta Alexandru Violeta Alexandru (born 11 November 1975) is a Romanian politician. She served as Minister of Labour and Social Protection in the first Orban Cabinet led by Prime Minister Ludovic Orban. She also served in the same position in the second Orban ...

# Ligia Popescu # Ana Dimitriu # Mădălin Teodosescu # Alexandru Epure # Ciprian Ciucu # Aleodor Frâncu # Claudia Benchescu # Adrian Dupu # Dragoș Soare # Ionel Palăr # Tudor Polak # Emanuel Soare # Marius Minea # Alexandru Șerban # Claudiu Chira # Alexandru Salup-Rusu # Ilie Cotinescu # Cosmina Neamțu # Alexandru Părduț # Costel Stanca #

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# Cristina Chivu # Sorina Marin # Daniel Grosu # Alexandru Țoncu # Viorica Mihai # Adrian Dabarac # Larissa Bîrsan # Ioan Chirteș #

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Social Democratic Party (PSD)

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# Carmen Avram #

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# Chris Terhes #

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# Maria Grapini #

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# Dragos Benea # Victor Negrescu # Andi Cristea # Natalia Intotero # Gabriela Zoană # Bianca Gavriliţă # Emilian Pavel # Doina Pană # Crina-Fiorela Chilat # Mariana Bălănică # Răzvan Popa # Luminița Jivan # Alin Pavelescu # Augustin Ioan #

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# Roxana Pațurcă #

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# Dragoș Cristian # Mihai Ion Macaveiu # Liviu Brăiloiu # Florin Manole # Ion Voinea # Horia Grama # Alexandru Popa # Aida Căruceru # Gheorghe Tomoioagă # Anca Daniela Raiciu # Mitică Marius Mărgărit # Nasi Calențaru # Cristina Tăteață # Petru Moț # Luminița Țundrea # Emanuel Iacob # Cătălin Unciuleanu # Gabriel Bogdan Răducan # Andrei Sima

2020 USR-PLUS Alliance (USR PLUS)

Dacian Cioloș Dacian Julien Cioloș (; born 27 July 1969) is a Romanian agronomist who served as Prime Minister of Romania from November 2015 to January 2017. He previously served as Agriculture Minister under Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu between October 2007 and ...

(PLUS) # Cristian Ghinea (USR) # Dragos Nicolae Pîslaru (PLUS) #

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(USR) # Ioan Dragoș Tudorache (PLUS) #

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(USR) # Vlad Botoș (USR) #

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(PLUS) #

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(USR) # Alin Cristian Mituța (PLUS) # Naomi Reniuț Ursoiu (USR) # Oana Țoiu (PLUS) # Radu Ghelmez (USR) #

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(PLUS) # Radu Mihaiu (USR) #

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(USR) # Adriana Cristian (USR) # Camelia Crișan (USR) # Anca Majaru (PLUS) # George Țăranu (USR) # Bogdan Deleanu (PLUS) # Ștefan Pălărie (PLUS) #

Silviu Gurlui Silviu may refer to: * Silviu Bălace (born 1978), Romanian football player * Silviu Berejan (1927–2007), Bessarabian writer from Moldova and member of the Academy of Sciences of Moldova * Silviu Bindea (1912–1992), Romanian football player *Si ...

(USR) #

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(PLUS) # Teodora Stoian (USR) # George Gima (PLUS) # Alexandru Vărzaru (USR) # Raluca Amariei (USR) # Anca Radu (PLUS) # Miroslav Tașcu Stavre (USR) # Gabriela Maria Mirescu Gruber (PLUS) # Florin Andrei (USR) # Cătălina-Teodora Sofron (PLUS) # Sorin Dan Clinci (PLUS) # Emanuel Stoica (USR) #

Iulian Crăciun Iulian is a masculine Romanian given name. Notable people with the name include: *Iulian Arhire (1976), Romanian former professional footballer *Iulian Dumitraș (1982), Romanian rugby union player *Iulian Filipescu (1974), former Romanian football ...

(PLUS) # Octavian Berceanu (USR) # Daniela Șerban (PLUS) # Cristina Iurișniți (USR) # Elena Uram (USR)

PRO Romania (PRO)

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# Geanina Puşcaşu # Gabriela Podască # Cristian Cosmin #

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# Mihai Sturzu # Ionela Danciu

Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ)

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# Loránt Vincze #

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# Csongor Oltean #

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# Irénke Kovács #

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# Erika Benkő # Csaba Pataki # Zsombor Ambrus # Ildikó Szőcs # Péter Faragó # Izabella Ambrus #

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# Attila-Zoltán Csibi # Márta Máté # Gábor Kereskényi # Dalma Pető # Róbert István Szilágyi # Ildikó Tripon # Atilla Lehel Décsei # Anna Bogya # István-Balázs Birtalan # Vilmos Meleg # Ida Marina # Hunor Jenő András # László Derzsi # Imelda Tóásó # Károly Kolcsár # Béla Bors # Emőke Kerekes # Botond Balázs # Róbert Kiss #

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# Éva Hudácsek #

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# Orsolya Béres # Gábor Imre # Tímea Orbán # Géza Antal # Mária Gorbai # Levente Erős #

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People's Movement Party (PMP)

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# Marius Paşcan # Simona Vlădica #

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# Teodora Desagă # Petru Movilă # Cătălina Bozianu # Cătălin Bulf

Parties and candidates that did not pass the threshold

# Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE) # Peter Costea (independent candidate) #

George Simion George Nicolae Simion (born 21 September 1986 in Focșani, Romania) is a Romanian right-wing to far-right politician and civic activist. He is the president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), a political party in Romania that g ...

(independent candidate) # Gregoriana Carmen Tudoran (independent candidate) # National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) # Prodemo Party #

United Romania Party The United Romania Party ( ro, Partidul România Unită) was a Romanian nationalist political party. It was founded by former members of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), such as Bogdan Diaconu and Greater Romania Party (PRM), like Horațiu Șe ...

(PRO) # Romanian Socialist Party # Independent Social Democratic Party # National Unity Block - NUB

Rejected candidates and lists

# Octavian-Iulian Tiron # Freemen's Party # Ana Daniela Dobre # Party of Democracy and Solidarity - Demos # Pensioners' Force Party #

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Greater Romania Party The Greater Romania Party ( ro, Partidul România Mare, PRM) is a Romanian nationalist political party. Founded in May 1991 by Eugen Barbu and Corneliu Vadim Tudor, it was led by the latter from that point until his death in September 2015. The ...

# Gabriela-Ștefania Nuț # Ilie Rotaru # Sevastița Dumitrache # Luminița Velciu # Alexandra Ana Maria Gafița (Prodemo Party) # Romanian Nationhood Party # Our Romania Party # New Romania Party # Liberal Right #

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Results

MEP's gender balance

Romania's constitutive session for the year 2019 was represented by 29% women and 71% men.

Notes

The Social Democratic Party (PSD) ran in 2014 as part of the a three-party alliance that also included the

(PC, a founding member of the ALDE party in 2015) and the National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR). Initially it intended to run as "Social Democratic Union" (USD), but, as the same name was used by an alliance in the 1990s by the now longtime defunct

(PD) and

Social Democratic Party of Romania The Social Democratic Party ( ro, Partidul Social Democrat, PSD) is the largest social democratic political party in Romania and also the largest overall political party in the country, aside from European Parliament level, where it is the seco ...

(PSDR), they ran as "PSD-UNPR-PC Alliance".

Save Romania Union The Save Romania Union ( ro, Uniunea Salvați România, USR) is a liberal political party active in Romania and Moldova, currently the third largest party in the Parliament with 43 deputies and 22 senators, and fifth at national level (following ...

(USR) and

Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party The Party of Liberty, Unity and Solidarity (, PLUS) was a pro-European, liberal political party established on 26 October 2018, whose president was Dacian Cioloș, former Prime Minister of Romania from 2015 until 2017, elected on 26 January 2019. ...

(PLUS) ran together under the moniker 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance. Includes the

Civic Force Civic Force ( ro, Forța Civică, FC) was a list of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. It was founded in 2004 by former Mayor of Bucharest Viorel Lis (formerly affiliated with the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Part ...

(FC) (2,6% in 2014), which merged into the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) in July 2014, which itself subsequently merged into the PNL in November 2014.

References

External links

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