Florina-Raluca Presadă (born 26 May 1978) is a

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n activist and politician who is a

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for

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since 2016.

Biography

Born in Bucharest, Presadă studied political science at the

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, followed by a master's degree at the

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in Bruges, Belgium. Between 2007 and 2016, she was a project coordinator at CeRe (''Centrul de Resurse pentru Participare Publică'', Resource Center for Public Participation), an NGO that encouraged

public participation Public participation, also known as citizen participation or patient and public involvement, is the inclusion of the public in the activities of any organization or project. Public participation is similar to but more inclusive than stakeholder e ...

. She was involved in public debates (for instance, she supports the municipalization of water in Bucharest), as well as protests such as the 2012 Romanian protests, and the 2013 Romanian protests against the Roșia Montană Project. In the

2016 Romanian legislative election Parliamentary elections were held in Romania on 11 December 2016. They were the first held under a new electoral system adopted in 2015, which saw a return to the proportional electoral system last used in the 2004 Romanian general election, 2004 ...

, she was the candidate for Bucharest of the

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(USR), a progressive- liberal Romanian party. In 2024, she was the lead candidate of the

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(SENS), a

left-leaning Centre-left politics is the range of left-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. Ideologies commonly associated with it include social democracy, social liberalism, progressivism, and green politics. Ideas commonl ...

progressive party, in the Bucharest constituency of the Chamber of Deputies, but did not win a seat as the party failed to obtain over 5% of the votes nationwide.

Political positions

Transparence and public communication

Presadă accuses the lack of transparence and she says she wants to change the way the Parliament communicates with the people. As part of the transparence of the Parliament, she supports publishing the nominal votes on the Parliament's website, as well as public meetings for the Parliamentary commissions and an annual activity report for MPs.

Social issues

Presadă argues that there are many social issues which have been improperly (or not at all) addressed by the government. For instance, the government after school program for disadvantaged community (which could reduce the school dropout rate) was not properly funded and the government did not take necessary measures against

domestic violence Domestic violence is violence that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes r ...

. Presadă supports a new national

housing Housing refers to a property containing one or more Shelter (building), shelter as a living space. Housing spaces are inhabited either by individuals or a collective group of people. Housing is also referred to as a human need and right to ...

law, to replace and harmonize the plethora of laws and regulations (both national and local) about social housing, emergency housing and other types of

public housing Public housing, also known as social housing, refers to Subsidized housing, subsidized or affordable housing provided in buildings that are usually owned and managed by local government, central government, nonprofit organizations or a ...

. She uses the example of Vulturilor 50, a case in which some families were evicted by the landlords and who were not able to find any social housing in Bucharest.

LGBT rights

In 2016, Presadă was among the 1,000 signatories of a letter in support of the

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community in Romania.Scrisoare deschisă de susținere a comunității LGBT
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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Presada, Florina 1978 births Politicians from Bucharest Members of the Senate of Romania University of Bucharest alumni Romanian environmentalists Romanian women's rights activists Romanian human rights activists Women human rights activists Save Romania Union politicians Living people