National Union for the Progress of Romania

National Union for the Progress of Romania

Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României
National Union for the Progress of Romania Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României
President	Gabriel Oprea
Founded	March 2010
Split from	Social Democratic Party (PSD)
Headquarters	Bucharest
Youth wing	UNPR's Youth
Membership (2013)	350,000
Ideology	Social democracy; Economic progressivism; Pro-Europeanism
Political position	Centre-left
Colours	Red
Senate	0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 330
European Parliament	0 / 33
County Council Presidents	0 / 41
County Councillors	0 / 1,340
Mayors	0 / 3,176
Website
	www.unpr.eu
	Politics of Romania; Political parties; Elections;

The National Union for the Progress of Romania (Romanian: Uniunea Națională pentru Progresul României, UNPR) is a political party in Romania. The party was formed in March 2010 by independents who had broken away from the Social Democratic Party (PSD) and the National Liberal Party (PNL) to support President Traian Băsescu. Tension began soon after the party's formation between former PSD and PNL members over the distribution of leadership positions and the political direction of the new party, with former PSD members dominating. The first party congress to elect its leaders was on 1 May 2010.^[1]

On 12 July 2016, former President Traian Băsescu announced that UNPR would merge with his People's Movement Party (PMP) on 20 July 2016,^[7] but the process failed and Gabriel Oprea reorganised the party in June 2018.^[8] At the PMP congress in March 2021, PMP members formally denounced and dissolved their former union with UNPR.

^ ^a ^b "New Romanian party elects leaders", SETimes, 2 May 2010, retrieved 6 November 2012
^ "Cati membri au partidele din Romania. Ce partid a pierdut din adepti". Retrieved 18 November 2014.
^ Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Romania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.
^ https://proalba.ro/unpr-guvernare-progresista
^ Dąborowski, Tomasz (23 May 2012), "A majority electoral system is introduced in Romania", CeWeekly, OSW Centre for Eastern Studies, archived from the original on 4 August 2012, retrieved 6 November 2012
^ Structuri parlamentare Legislatura 2016-prezent
^ "UNPR fuzionează prin absorbţie cu PMP/ Băsescu: Gabriel Oprea rămâne doar cu onoarea, partidul nu mai e după fuziune. Partidul se va numi Partidul Mişcarea Populară" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.
^ Gabriel Oprea revine pe scena politică, UNPR se reorganizează

[SETimes-1] "New Romanian party elects leaders", SETimes, 2 May 2010, retrieved 6 November 2012

[2] "Cati membri au partidele din Romania. Ce partid a pierdut din adepti". Retrieved 18 November 2014.

[Nordsieck-3] Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Romania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016.

[4] ttps://proalba.ro/unpr-guvernare-progresista

[5] Dąborowski, Tomasz (23 May 2012), "A majority electoral system is introduced in Romania", CeWeekly, OSW Centre for Eastern Studies, archived from the original on 4 August 2012, retrieved 6 November 2012

[6] Structuri parlamentare Legislatura 2016-prezent

[7] "UNPR fuzionează prin absorbţie cu PMP/ Băsescu: Gabriel Oprea rămâne doar cu onoarea, partidul nu mai e după fuziune. Partidul se va numi Partidul Mişcarea Populară" (in Romanian). Mediafax. 12 July 2016. Retrieved 13 July 2016.

[8] Gabriel Oprea revine pe scena politică, UNPR se reorganizează

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