The Romanian Socialist Party ( ro, Partidul Socialist Român) is a

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formed as the Socialist Alliance Party (PAS) in 2003. It developed out of the wing of the

Socialist Party of Labour The Socialist Party of Labour ( ro, Partidul Socialist al Muncii, PSM) was a left wing-nationalist political party in Romania. The party was labelled as neo-communist. It was founded on 16 November 1990. The chairman of the party was Ilie Verde� ...

(PSM) that objected to the merger of PSM with the

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(PSD) in July 2003 and wanted the PSM to continue as a socialist party. The Romanian authorities did not recognize this group as part of PSM, and instead it took the name Socialist Alliance Party. After absorbing the ''United Left Party'' in 2009, the party merged into the Socialist Alternative Party in late 2013. In late 2014, the merged party changed its name to the Socialist Party of Romania, replacing the party of the same name defunct since 2013. The unregistered present-day Romanian Communist Party (PCR; which has since gained registration after changing its name to the

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) had argued that the PSR is a pseudo-communist party. The then-PAS decided to rename itself the Romanian Communist Party at an extraordinary party congress in July 2010, placing itself in the tradition of the party of the same name founded in 1921. The renaming was however rejected by the

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tribunal. In 2013, it won 34 local seats. The party is led by a 165-member National Committee, a 60-member Directive Committee and a 60-member Executive Bureau. PSR was a founding member of the

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Ideology

Unlike its predecessor - the

, the Romanian Socialist Party is more

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on social issues, supporting

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. However, much like its predecessor, it is

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and supports Communism nostalgia. The Party supports Romanian membership in the

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, and even calls for

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. However, it strongly rejects the Romanian membership in NATO.

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Local elections

Presidential elections

European elections

References

External links

Party website
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