The European People's Party of Moldova ( ro, Partidul Popular European din Moldova, PPEM) is a

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political party in Moldova Politics (from , ) is the set of activities that are associated with making decisions in groups, or other forms of power relations among individuals, such as the distribution of resources or status. The branch of social science that studies ...

. The party is led by

Iurie Leancă Iurie Leancă (; born 20 October 1963) is a Moldovan politician who was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 2013 until 2015. He was Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 2009 to 2013 as part of the First and Second Filat Cabinet ...

, who was

Prime Minister of Moldova The Prime Minister of Moldova ( ro, Prim-ministrul Republicii Moldova) is Moldova's head of government. The Prime Minister is formally appointed by the President of Moldova and exercises executive power along with the cabinet, subject to parliam ...

from 2013 to 2015. For the duration of this premiership, Leancă was a member of the

Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova ( ro, Partidul Liberal Democrat din Moldova, PLDM) is a conservatism, conservative List of political parties in Moldova, political party in Moldova. The party is led by Tudor Deliu. Until 2016, PLDM was led ...

(PLDM).

History

The

government A government is the system or group of people governing an organized community, generally a state. In the case of its broad associative definition, government normally consists of legislature, executive, and judiciary. Government is a ...

of Moldova which emerged from coalition talks after the 2014 parliamentary election did not command a

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and relied on support from the

Moldovan Communist party The Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova ( ro, Партидул Комуништилор дин Република Молдова, italic=no, Partidul Comuniștilor din Republica Moldova; russian: Партия коммунистов Р ...

(PCRM). The PLDM, led by former Prime Minister

Vlad Filat Vladimir Filat (born 6 May 1969), commonly referred to as Vlad Filat (), is a Moldovan businessman and politician, founder of Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova. He was the Prime Minister of Moldova from 25 September 2009 to 25 April 2013. He a ...

, conceded Leancă's departure from office to the PCRM as part of this arrangement. Leancă, who was elected on the PLDM list, resigned from the party in response and launched the PPEM to continue advocating positions, notably

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, he feels his former party has failed to uphold by entering into informal cooperation with Moldova's Communist Party. Besides Leancă, former deputy Prime Minister

Eugen Carpov Eugen Carpov (born 22 April 1966, Ungheni) is a diplomat and politician from Moldova. He was the Deputy Prime Minister for Reintegration of the Republic of Moldova from 14 January 2011 to 10 December 2014 ( Second Vlad Filat Cabinet). Between 200 ...

and

Nicolae Juravschi Nicolae Juravschi (given name also transliterated Nikolai, Nikolaï, or Nikolay and surname Juravski, Juravskiy, Yuravskiy, or Zhuravsky; born August 8, 1964 in Chircăiești, Căușeni) is a Moldovan politician and former canoe sprinter, who won ...

are the party's other MPs. The party participated in the 2015 local election as the ''European People's Platform Electoral Bloc — Iurie Leancă'' with the Liberal Reformist Party, Democratic Action and

Democracy at Home Party The Democracy at Home Party ( ro, Partidul Democrația Acasă) or Democracy at Home Political Party (; PPDA) is a populist political party in the Republic of Moldova. History The Democracy at Home Party was established on 31 July 2011, but it w ...

Ideology

The party leadership has expressed opposition to Moldova's communist legacy and opposes even informal cooperation with communist parties. From this perspective

anti-communism Anti-communism is political and ideological opposition to communism. Organized anti-communism developed after the 1917 October Revolution in the Russian Empire, and it reached global dimensions during the Cold War, when the United States and the ...

can be seen as part of the PPEM's platform.

Election results

Local elections

District and municipal councils

City and rural councils

Mayors

References

External links

Official website

Party manifesto
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