The New Republic () is a political party in
Romania
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. It was established in October 2011 as a
grassroots
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movement inspired by a manifesto on blogs and center-right platforms. The movement grew and spawned more than 40 branches around the country. The first President was Mihail Neamțu, an intellectual who entered politics. The Vice President is George Mioc. On 16 March 2015, Neamțu announced he was stepping down to focus more on his family.
George Mioc also left the party in 2015. On 19 September 2015, the party had the fourth Congress in Bucharest and voted a new statute and a new president.
History
In July 2012, the party's first National Convention elected Mihail Neamțu as party president. Soon after its founding, the party joined
Right Romania Alliance (ARD), together with the former governing party,
Democratic Liberal Party (PDL);
Civic Force, the party of former Prime Minister
Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu; and the
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (, PNȚCD) is an agrarianism, agrarian and Christian democracy, Christian democratic list of political parties in Romania, political party in Romania. It claims to be the rightful successor of t ...
(PNTCD). The party filled 9 candidates on the ARD list at the
2012 legislative election, but because of administrative problems, New Republic's candidates ran as
independents or under PNTCD's logo instead. The party's Vice-President at that time, Valeriu Todiraşcu, was elected to the
Senate
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. In November 2013, the party became a member of the
Alliance of Conservatives and Reformists in Europe (AECR) until 2018.
Electoral history
Legislative elections
References
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