Green Party (Romania)

The Green Party (Romanian: Partidul Verde), often shortened to The Greens (Romanian: Verzii) is a Romanian micro political party centered on green politics. The Green Party is the only political party in Romania that is a member of the European Green Party (EGP). Thus, it is a full rights member of the European Green Party (EGP), represented by the Group of the Greens in the European Parliament. The Green Party in Romania has one vote in EGP Council, the leading European Greens' Leadership Group, which meets twice a year.

Green Party
Partidul Verde
PresidentFlorin Călinescu[1]
Secretary-GeneralSilviu Dumitru
Executive PresidentConstantin Damov
Honorary PresidentsMarcian Bleahu
Silviu Popa
European Parliament LeaderSka Keller
Philippe Lamberts
FoundedNovember 2005
HeadquartersStr. Lipscani nr.19
Sector 3
Bucharest
Youth wing Tinerii Verzi
Membership (2014)3,500[2]
IdeologyGreen politics
Progressivism[3]
Social justice[4]
Pro-Europeanism[5]
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours  Green
Senate
0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 329
European Parliament
0 / 32
County Councils
0 / 1,340
Municipalities & Communes
1 / 3,174
Local councils
117 / 39,900
Website
http://www.partidulverde.ro
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History

The Green Party was founded in November 2005 by Gheorghe Ionicescu, after the merger of FER and AP was revoked.[6] Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER) was previously founded in 1990 and is the predecessor of the Green Party. He participated in the presidential election in 2009, supporting the candidacy of Remus Cernea. Also in 2009, Ionicescu died, and Silviu Popa was appointed as a chairperson of the Green Party to replace Ionicescu. Popa was validated at the party congress on 26 September 2009 and resigned in early 2012.

On 19–21 March 2010, at the 12th Meeting of the European Green Party Council held in Barcelona, where the Greens of Romania proposed the resolution titled “The need for European legislation against cyanide mining“. The resolution was adopted by the plenary of the European Greens Council. At the Congress of 14 January 2012, Ovidiu-Cristian Iane was elected as a chairperson of the Green Party.

At the local elections held in 2012, the Green Party gained 2 mayors (Iclănzel - Mureş and Azuga - Prahova) and 124 local councilors, with 0.87% of the votes at national level. In the 2012, at the parliamentary elections, the Green Party had two MPs (Ovidiu Iane and Remus Cernea) on the USL lists.

On 13 April 2013, the MP Ovidiu Iane announced his resignation from the Green Party and adherence to the PSD.[7]

On 13 May 2013, in the context of the public debate on the exploration and exploitation of shale gas, the Green Party is drifted apart the SLU's position and remains consistent with environmental principles, according to the press release: "We oppose to the shale gas, mining operations at Rosia Montana (Roşia Montană), we are extremely concerned that within the SLU there are more and more opinions and intentions to go ahead, to move towards such projects on shale gas and cyanide. Under these conditions, we cannot continue the collaboration with SLU because we would support such a political direction."

Policies

Despite its support for environmental causes, such as reforestation and reductions in carbon emissions, the Green Party also advocates some free-market policies, such as the privatisation of state-owned enterprises. It supports an extension in individual rights as well as greater separation of church and state, including a gradual removal of all state funding for religious institutions. Like the vast majority of Romanian political parties, it is supportive of European integration.

It is the Romanian party that is most supportive of LGBT rights, supporting same-sex marriage and civil partnerships, as well as measures to reduce homophobia in schools and society at large.[8] It supported a boycott of the 2018 Romanian constitutional referendum which attempted to ban same-sex marriage.

Electoral history

2020 local election results
County Election Votes[9] % Councillors
Alba 2020 1,482 1.01%
0 / 32
Bacău 2020 3,431 1.50%
0 / 36
Bistrița-Năsăud 2020 1,831 1.47%
0 / 30
Botoșani 2020 611[10] 0.40%[11]
0 / 32
Brăila 2020 1,025 0.93%
0 / 30
Brașov 2020 2,859 1.41%
0 / 34
Bucharest 2020 11,828 1.81%
0 / 55
Caraș-Severin 2020 2,960 2.49%
0 / 30
Cluj 2020 4,421 1.75%
0 / 36
Dolj 2020 2,359 0.91%
0 / 36
Gorj 2020 3,463 2.31%
0 / 32
Iași 2020 8,114 3.01%
0 / 36
Ilfov 2020 7,723 4.21%
0 / 32
Maramureș 2020 2,911 1.58%
0 / 34
Mehedinți 2020 1,094 0.91%
0 / 30
Mureș 2020 2,607 1.19%
0 / 34
Sibiu 2020 2,304 1.50%
0 / 32
Suceava 2020 2,437 0.96%
0 / 36
Timiș 2020 4,183 1.63%
0 / 36
Tulcea 2020 857 0.99%
0 / 30
City Mayor Local Council
Votes % Council Aftermath
Bucharest
2.08 / 100
 11,828 1.81%
0 / 55
 Opposition
Târgu Jiu
6.83 / 100
 1,727 6.48%
2 / 21
 Opposition
Bistrița
4.84 / 100
 1,512 5.35%
1 / 21
 Opposition

Legislative elections
Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2008 18,279 0.27
0 / 334
 48,119 0.70
0 / 137
  10th [12] Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
2012 did not compete6
2 / 412
 did not compete6
0 / 176
 - Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary support to Cioloș Cabinet (Ind.)
2016 566 0.01
0 / 329
 719 0.01
0 / 136
  15th  Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
2020 20,614 0.35
0 / 329
 23,085 0.39
0 / 136
  13th  Extra-parliamentary

Notes:

1 CDR members in 1992: PNȚ-CD (21 senators and 41 deputies), PAC (7 senators and 13 deputies), PNL-CD (4 senators and 3 deputies), PNL-AT (1 senator and 11 deputies), and PSDR (1 senator and 10 deputies), PER and the Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER); the latter did not managed to obtain any mandates.

2 CDR members in 1996: PNȚ-CD (25 senators and 81 deputies), PNL (22 senators and 28 deputies), PNL-CD (1 senator and 4 deputies), PAR (3 senators and 3 deputies), PER (1 senator and 5 deputies), and the Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER).

3 CDR 2000: PNȚ-CD, UFD, Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER), National Christian Democratic Alliance (ANCD), and The Moldavians' Party (PM).

4 FER (Green Party's predecessor) previously merged with AP. The merger was revoked after the elections.

5 Green Ecologist Party members: PER and the Green Party (PV).

6 At that time, for those legislative elections, the Green Party (PV) competed on the PSD ballot, within the Social Liberal Union (USL).

Presidential elections
Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2009 Remus Cernea60,539
0.62%
 8th 
2014 did not compete
2019 did not compete

Notes:

1 Emil Constantinescu was the common centre-right candidate that was endorsed by the Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER) in both 1992 and 1996 as part of the CDR.
2 Mugur Isărescu was endorsed by the Ecologist Federation of Romania (FER) at the 2000 elections as part of the CDR 2000 alliance.

European elections
ElectionVotesPercentageMEPsPositionEU PartyEP Group
2007 19,820 0.38%
0 / 32
  14th  EGP —
2009 did not compete EGP —
2014 did not compete EGP —
2019 did not compete EGP —

Local elections
Election Local Council
Votes % Council
2016 12,757 0.15%
52 / 39,000
2020 52,545 0.66%
117 / 39,000

See also

References
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  2. "Cati membri au partidele din Romania. Ce partid a pierdut din adepti". Retrieved 25 December 2014.
  3. ""O judecată dreaptă va decide". Ce vor să facă "Verzii", Bistriţa Civică şi comercianţii din centrul". Timp Online. 1 October 2018.
  4. "Viziunea noastra". 1 December 2020.
  5. "Viziunea noastra". 1 December 2020.
  6. http://www.amosnews.ro/arhiva/federatia-ecologista-din-romania-isi-schimba-numele-16-12-2005
  7. "Ovidiu Iane trece pe culoarea roșie", Suceava News Online, 14 April 2013, retrieved February 15, 2019
  8. "Partidul Verde din România va participa la Marşul Diversităţii din cadrul GayFest - Remus Cernea". remuscernea.ro. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  9. "Rezultate alegeri" (in Romanian).{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  10. "Alianța "Împreuna pentru Botoșani" - Partidul Verde-P.N.Ț.C.D."
  11. "Alianța "Împreuna pentru Botoșani" - Partidul Verde-P.N.Ț.C.D."
  12. (within Green Ecologist Party)5
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