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Green Party (Romania)

The Green Party - The Greens (Romanian: Partidul Verde), often shortened to The Greens (Romanian: Verzii) is a Romanian political party that ideologically follows green politics[10] and environmentalism.[11][12] 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),[13] represented by the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.

Green Party - The Greens
Partidul Verde (Verzii)[a]
FoundedNovember 2005 (originally)
Re-established in September 2022 as Green Party (Greens)
HeadquartersStr. Cuțitul de Argint
nr. 8, Sector 4
Bucharest
Think tankInstitutul Verde
Youth wingTinerii Verzi (i.e. Young Greens)
Membership (2022)cca. 4,400 [1]
IdeologyGreen politics
Green conservatism[2][3]
Pro-Europeanism[4]
Big tent[5][6][7]
Political positionCentre-left[8] to left-wing[9]
National affiliationNone (Currently)
PVE (2008)
USL (2011-2013)
AER (2023-2024)
MRR (2024, faction)
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
International affiliationGlobal Greens
Colours  Green
SloganToți pentru Verde. Verzii pentru Toți!
Senate
0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 330
European Parliament
0 / 33
County Councils
0 / 1,340
Mayors
2 / 3,176
Local councils
37 / 39,900
Website
https://partidulverde.ro/

Ideology

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Partidul Verde - Verzii is a party that has a socially moderate-conservative ideology[14][15] and from an economic point of view it is from the centre to the left-wing, being among the few center-left political organizations in Romania.[16][17] Before the 2022 Congress, the party was economically much more center-right.

Social

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The Greens Party is supportive for environmental causes, such as reforestation and reductions in carbon emissions. 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.

Environment and green economy

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The Greens consider that the budgetary and private financial flows invested in industries with high carbon dioxide emissions are today greater than the budgetary and private financial flows intended for adaptation to climate change and the successful green transition.[18]

They support the participation and representation of young people in democratic and decision-making processes at all levels, i.e. by having children involved in the evaluation and formulation of policies through dialogue with experienced people and by organizing debating groups in schools, high schools and universities.

They also support the right to vote from the age of 16 for all types of elections.

Youth politics

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Advocates for all new legislative acts and public policy projects to be approved only after assessing the impact on young people up to 30 years old. They support the introduction of a mechanism for monitoring legislation from a youth perspective, including both an impact assessment and a mechanism for consultation with youth representatives when legislation has an impact on young people.

The decrease in the number of NEETS in Romania (young people who neither work, nor study, nor participate in a professional training program) can also be done by developing a wider professional orientation process, starting from the age of 12. They want to enable young people to benefit from visits/short experiential internships to for-profit and non-profit organizations, in close cooperation between schools, local administrations and respective organizations/enterprises to allow young people to have a first contact with the professional environment.[19]

They also support the introduction of Universal Basic Income for students over a period of 3 years.

Work and workers

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The Greens considered that in Romania and beyond, the "price of work" has unfortunately become the "cost of work". The work performed is not rewarded at its true value in Romania. We are still a country of cheap labor, with an explosive potential that risks blowing up all social balances. The Greens support increasing the minimum wage and linking it to the minimum consumption basket for a decent living. This is the only way decent living will no longer be a dead letter in the Constitution, and purchasing power will not collapse under the pressure of inflationary crises. They support the introduction of the minimum wage in the European Union as a mechanism of social justice, at the national and European level. They support the strengthening of social dialogue in Romania, the reform of the Labor Code from the perspective of the right to collective negotiations, respect for health and safety at work and the balance between work and private life. It pleads for a new social dialogue law to confirm and guarantee negotiations at the national level, to facilitate the formation of unions, the initiation of strikes, the negotiation of collective contracts at the sector level. They demand the reduction of the union representativeness threshold from 50% 1 to 30%. They demand transparent reports on health and safety at work and hours worked by employees, in all public and private companies. The success of the green transition means decent, safe, sustainable jobs, a new healthy work-life balance. They ask the Government and the Parliament to urgently ratify the ILO Convention no. 190, of the International Labor Organization for the elimination of violence and harassment in the world of work.[20][21][22][23]

Youth organisation (Tinerii Verzi)

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Young Greens of Romania
Tinerii Verzi
LeaderCătălina Barzu
Founded7 March 2022
HeadquartersBucharest, Sector 4
Membershipcca. 30
IdeologyEnvironmentalism[24]
Youth politics[25][26]
Factions:
Progressivism
Green conservatism
PositionCentre right to Left-wing
Mother partyGreen Party (Romania)
Websitehttps://partidulverdeverzii.ro/despre-noi/tinerii-verzi/

Young Greens (Romanian: Tinerii Verzi) is the youth organisation of the Green Party.

Tinerii Verzi, are the only youth organization with a left-green orientation in Romania and also the first to emphasize social and environmental justice.

The organization was founded in March 2022. On August 15, 2022, the first General Assembly of Young Greens took place. In the AG, the statute, the program were validated and the members of the National Bureau were elected.

On May 24, the Young Green Congress elected Bogdan Dumitraș and Miruna Necula as co-presidents. Later, during June, Miruna Necula was dismissed from the leadership of the organization.

In 2023 Co-Presidents of the Young Greens are Bogdan Dumitraș (Satu Mare) and Catalina Barzu (Iași), National Coordinator Daria Radovan (Sibiu) and General Secretary Angelo Stanca (Satu Mare).

History

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The Green Party was founded in November 2005 by Gheorghe Ionicescu, after the merger of FER and AP was revoked.[27] 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.

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 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 (Roșia 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."

"The Green Party begins a new political path on September 3, 2022. A new team! A new center-left political program! A new approach! At the Dalles Hall in Bucharest, starting at 12.00, the Extraordinary Congress of the Green Party (Greens) will take place. A new statute, a new political program and a new leadership team will be submitted for debate and adoption.

They will apply for the positions of co-presidents: Marius Lazăr – political scientist, and Lavinia Cosma- counselor for vocational guidance, ex-USR parliamentarian, and for that of executive president - Adrian Dohotaru, environmental activist -ex- USR parliamentarian."

On 27 May 2023, an Extraordinary Congress took place in Busteni where Marius Lazăr and Lavinia Cosma were re-elected as co-presidents of the Green Party (Greens).[28][29]

In 2024, due to their endorsement of Mircea Geoană's presidential campaign and their ties to the Romania Reborn Movement, Marius Lazăr and Lavinia Cosma were removed from their leadership positions, being replaced by Rodica Bărbuță and Bogdan Botea, and from the party as a whole, which reaffirmed its opposition to Geoană's candidacy.[30][31]Marius Lazăr then joined the Romania in Action Party, becoming its candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in Sibiu County.[32]

Electoral history

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Legislative elections

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Election Chamber Senate Position Aftermath
Votes % Seats Votes % Seats
2008 18,279 0.27
0 / 334
 48,119 0.70
0 / 137
  10th [33] 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 the technocratic Cioloș Cabinet (2015–2017)
2016 566 0.01
0 / 329
 719 0.01
0 / 136
  15th  Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
2020 20,614 0.35
0 / 330
 23,085 0.39
0 / 136
  13th  Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
Extra-parliamentary
2024 TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Notes:

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

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Election Candidate First round Second round
Votes Percentage Position Votes Percentage Position
2009 Remus Cernea 60,539
0.62%
  8th 
2014 did not compete
2019
2024

European elections

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Election Votes Percentage MEPs Position EU Party EP Group
2007 19,820 0.38%
0 / 32
  14th  EGP —
2009 did not compete EGP —
2014 EGP —
2019 EGP —
2024 EGP —

Local elections

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2024 local election results

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2024 Mayoral and Local Council Election[34]
City Mayor Municipal Council
Votes % Council Aftermath
Baia Mare
0.38 / 100
 338 0,73%
0 / 23
 No seats
Bacău
11.20 / 100
 5,149 8,90%
3 / 23
 TBD
Constanța
1.14 / 100
 1,237 1,18%
0 / 27
 No seats
Iași
26.05 / 100
[35] 		2,064 1,91%
0 / 27
 No seats
Târgu Jiu
11.29 / 100
 3,077 9,34%
2 / 21
 PSD-PV
City Mayor City Council
Votes % Council Aftermath
Codlea
3.15 / 100
 479 5,41%
1 / 19
 TBD
Cisnădie
5.04 / 100
 499 5,27%
1 / 15
 TBD
Făgăraș
0.00 / 100
 352 3,38%
0 / 19
 No seats
Frasin
2.27 / 100
 72 2,72%
0 / 15
 No seats
Ghimbav
11.97 / 100
 465 13,53%
2 / 15
 TBD
Jimbolia
9.47 / 100
 252 6,40%
1 / 17
 TBD
Moldova Nouă
4.42 / 100
 293 6,31%
1 / 17
 TBD
Pașcani
0.00 / 100
 264 1,88%
0 / 19
 No seats
Commune Mayor Local Council
Votes % Council Aftermath
Afumați
20.51 / 100
[36] 		975 21,60%
2 / 15
[37] 		Opposition
Bârnova
3.44 / 100
 242 6,24%
1 / 15
 TBD
Călinești-Oaș
60.58 / 100
[38] 		189 8,58%
1 / 15
 Coalition
Certeze
0.00 / 100
 147 8,17%
2 / 15
 TBD
Dobroești
7.91 / 100
 397 7,45%
2 / 17
 TBD
Florești
6.54 / 100
 987 5,77%
1 / 19
 TBD
Moisei
0.00 / 100
 213 5,06%
1 / 15
 TBD
Sânger
51.47 / 100
[39] 		153 12,93%
2 / 11
 Coalition
Todirești
15.06 / 100
 436 17,26%
3 / 15
 Opposition

2020 local election results

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2020 County Council Election

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Election County Votes % Councillors
2020 Alba 1,482 1.01%
0 / 32
2020 Bacău 3,431 1.50%
0 / 36
2020 Bistrița-Năsăud 1,831 1.47%
0 / 30
2020 Botoșani 611 0.40%
0 / 32
2020 Brăila 1,025 0.93%
0 / 30
2020 Brașov 2,859 1.41%
0 / 34
2020 Bucharest 11,828 1.81%
0 / 55
2020 Caraș-Severin 2,960 2.49%
0 / 30
2020 Cluj 4,421 1.75%
0 / 36
2020 Dolj 2,359 0.91%
0 / 36
2020 Gorj 3,463 2.31%
0 / 32
2020 Iași 8,114 3.01%
0 / 36
2020 Ilfov 7,723 4.21%
0 / 32
2020 Maramureș 2,911 1.58%
0 / 34
2020 Mehedinți 1,094 0.91%
0 / 30
2020 Mureș 2,607 1.19%
0 / 34
2020 Sibiu 2,304 1.50%
0 / 32
2020 Suceava 2,437 0.96%
0 / 36
2020 Timiș 4,183 1.63%
0 / 36
2020 Tulcea 857 0.99%
0 / 30

2020 Mayoral and Local Council Election

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City Mayor Local Council
Votes % Council Aftermath
Bucharest
2.08 / 100
 11,828 1.81%
0 / 55
 Opposition
Constanța no candidate 1,737 1.82%
0 / 27
 Opposition
Baia Mare
1.61 / 100
 809 1.98%
0 / 23
 Opposition
Bistrița
4.84 / 100
 1,512 5.35%
1 / 21
 PNL-USR-PV
Târgu Jiu
6.83 / 100
 1,727 6.48%
2 / 21
 Opposition

Local Election - Summary

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Election Local Council
Votes % Councillors
2016 12,757 0.15%
52 / 39,000
2020 52,545 0.66%
117 / 39,000
2024 22.111 0.25%
38 / 39,000

Logos

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    Logo after 2022
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    Logo between 2019 and 2022

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ Abbreviated PV

References

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  25. ^ "Este legalizarea o solutie". 1 July 2022.
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  27. ^ "Federaţia Ecologistă din România îşi schimbă numele". www.amosnews.ro.
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  29. ^ The Congress was not validated in 2024 by the court.
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  32. ^ https://m.facebook.com/marius.lazar.pv/
  33. ^ (within Green Ecologist Party)5
  34. ^ Sources: rezultatevot.ro
  35. ^ Marius Bode (USR) a fost susținut de USR, PMP, FD și Partidul Verde
  36. ^ Ruxandra Niculae, who ran for the Mayor of Afumati from the PSD-PV alliance, is the vice-president of the Green Party[citation needed] Election Result
  37. ^ The PSD-PV alliance obtained 3 mandates: ᛫ Green Party 2 ᛫ Social Democratic Party 1
  38. ^ Ioan Bumb ran as an independent candidate supported by the Green Party, ADU, PSD and AUR[citation needed]
  39. ^ Vasile Grec, the former president of the Mureș Green Party, ran as an independent candidate, supported by the Green Party, AUR, PSD and UDMR[citation needed]
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