The New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (''Partidul Noua Generație - Creștin Democrat'', PNGCD; formerly ''Partidul Noua Generație'', PNG) was a

nationalist 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: Th ...

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. Created in 2000 as a

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grouping around former

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, it was taken over in January 2004 by businessman

Gigi Becali George "Gigi" Becali (; born 25 June 1958) is a Romanian businessman and former politician, mostly known for his ownership of the FCSB football club. Becali was a Member of the European Parliament between June 2009 and December 2012, and a Memb ...

(owner of FC Steaua București), who became its leader. Its ideology has since changed to extreme nationalism and Orthodox Christianity. Since then, it has pursued a radically nationalistic, xenophobic and homophobic scheme. In the 2004 legislative elections, PNG won 2.2% of the popular vote but no seats in the

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and

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. For the

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, the PNGCD forged an electoral alliance with the far-right

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 ...

(PRM). PNGCD leader Becali was elected member of the European Parliament on the PRM list. The party's ideology under Becali's leadership is close to the one of the pre-war fascist

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(or ''"Legionary Movement"''). It fuses nationalist mythology with Christian Orthodox conservatism. Becali is a self-declared follower of the Legionary Movement. The Romanian

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has repeatedly charged Becali with homophobic, sexist and discriminatory statements against

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and other ethnic minorities. The

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has described the New Generation Party as an "extreme nationalist party" and noted the party's use of a slogan of the 1930s anti-Semitic Legionary Movement.International Religious Freedom Report 2006
US Department of State

Notable members

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- executive president, former advisor of

, political science professor. *

Alex Mihai Stoenescu Alex Mihai Stoenescu (born October 2, 1953) is a Romanian writer, journalist and politician. Former informant for the terror group called "Securitatea" during the Ceaușescu regime (1965-1989). After the Romanian Revolution brought down the terror ...

- vice president, historian. * Marian Oprea - vice president, talk-show host (on

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) and owner of ''

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'' (international politics magazine).

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Notes: ¹ PNG-CD competed on PNL ballot.

Presidential elections

European elections

Notes: ¹ PNG-CD competed on PRM ballot.

References

External links

Official site
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