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United Right Alliance (Romanian: Alianța Dreapta Unită, ADU) was a centre-right[1] electoral alliance that was formed to compete in the 2024 Romanian parliamentary election. It opposed the incumbent National Coalition for Romania (CNR) government.[2][3][4]
This article needs additional or more specific categories. (December 2023) |
United Right Alliance Alianța Dreapta Unită | |
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Abbreviation | ADU |
Leader | Elena Lasconi (USR) Ludovic Orban (FD) Eugen Tomac (PMP) |
Founded | 18 December 2023 |
Dissolved | 6 September 2024 |
Political position |
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European affiliation | ALDE Party (USR) EPP (FD and PMP) |
European Parliament group | Renew (USR and PMP) |
Alliance parties | Save Romania Union (USR) Force of the Right (FD) People's Movement Party (PMP) |
Senate | 23 / 136 |
Chamber of Deputies | 57 / 330 |
European Parliament | 3 / 33 |
Mayors | 91 / 3,176 |
County Presidents | 0 / 41 |
County Councilors | 175 / 1,340 |
Local Council Councilors | 3,792 / 39,900 |
Ministers | 0 / 18 |
Website | |
dreaptaunita | |
^ A: The largest party in the coalition, the Save Romania Union (USR), is a broadly centre to centre-right, liberal and progressive party, while the smaller parties of the Force of the Right (FD) and the People's Movement Party (PMP), lean right ideologically (see table below). |
On 14 December 2023, Save Romania Union, Force of the Right and the People's Movement Party officially announced the creation of a right-leaning opposition electoral alliance to contest in the 2024 elections.[5] On 18 December, the alliance was formally named as United Right Alliance.[6]
In 2024, the Alliance concentrated their efforts mostly in supporting independent candidate and incumbent Mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan. They have been criticized for not being more active in the rest of the country and for not being more involved in promoting the Alliance for the European Parliament elections. Former USR president and the unofficial leader of the Alliance, Cătălin Drulă, was also criticized and accused of trying to further his own image for the upcoming 2024 presidential elections, putting up campaign banners all over the country featuring only his face, even though he was not running for any of the positions in the local elections, nor those for the European Parliament. It is widely considered in the Romanian public that incumbent mayors for Sector 1 and Sector 2 in Bucharest were disadvantaged because of this, as they have declared they also received next to no funding for their campaigns from the Alliance. This resulted in very tight races for both of the sectors; the results are still being disputed, as Sector 1 mayor Clotilde Armand and Sector 2 mayor Radu Mihaiu have both accused the governing CNR of orchestrating electoral fraud in their respective districts.
As of late June 2024, the Alliance is expected to be dissolved, following declarations from the new USR president, Elena Lasconi, who replaced former leader Drulă, who quit following weak results in both the local and European Parliament elections.
Here are the 12 priorities of the United Right "to complete European integration and modernization of Romania":[7]
The table below lists the parties in the alliance. The alliance currently holds a total of 23 seats in the 163 seat Senate of Romania, 57 seats in the 330 seat Chamber of Deputies, and 10 seats out of the 33 Romanian seats of the European Parliament.
The vote percentage comes from the parties which contested in the 2020 Romanian parliamentary election.
Abbr. | Name | Main ideology | Political position | Leader | Senate | Chamber of Deputies | Vote % at the 2020 election | |
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USR | Save Romania Union Uniunea Salvați România |
Liberalism | Centre to centre-right | Dominic Fritz | 20 / 136 |
41 / 330 |
15.86%[lower-alpha 1] | |
FD | Force of the Right Forța Dreptei |
Liberal conservatism | Centre-right to right-wing | Ludovic Orban | 3 / 136 |
16 / 330 |
N/A | |
PMP | People's Movement Party Partidul Mișcarea Populară |
National conservatism | Centre-right to right-wing | Eugen Tomac | 0 / 136 |
0 / 330 |
4.93% |
The vote percentage comes from the parties which contested in the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania.
Abbr. | Name | Main ideology | Political position | Leader | Seats | EP party | EP group | Vote % at the 2019 election | |
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USR | Save Romania Union Uniunea Salvați România |
Liberalism | Centre to centre-right | Dominic Fritz | 1 / 33 |
ALDE | Renew | 22.36%[lower-alpha 1] | |
FD | Force of the Right Forța Dreptei |
Liberal conservatism | Centre-right to right-wing | Ludovic Orban | 0 / 33 |
EPP (intention) | EPP (intention) | N/A | |
PMP | People's Movement Party Partidul Mișcarea Populară |
National conservatism | Centre-right to right-wing | Eugen Tomac | 2 / 33 |
EPP | EPP | 5.76% |
Note:
1 United Right Alliance members: USR (2 MEPs), PMP (1 MEP) and FD (no mandates).
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