Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party

For the Moldovan political party, see Christian-Democratic People's Party (Moldova).

Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party
Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat
LeaderAurelian Pavelescu
FoundedDecember 1989
Preceded byNational Peasants' Party
HeadquartersBd. Carol I, nr. 24,
sector 2, Bucharest
Ideology
Historical:
Pro-Europeanism[8][9]
Atlanticism[10][11]
Political positionCentre-right to right-wing
Regional affiliationCoalition for Baia Mare (2016)
European affiliationEuropean Christian Political Movement (2020–present)
European People's Party (1987–2017)
European Parliament groupEuropean Conservatives and Reformists
(2020–present)
International affiliationCentrist Democrat International
ColoursGreen and blue
Senate
0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies
0 / 330
European Parliament (Romanian seats)
0 / 33
Mayors
1 / 3,176
County Councilors
0 / 1,340
Local Councilors
42 / 39,900
Website
www.pntcd.ro

The Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat, officially abbreviated PNȚCD) is a agrarian[1] and Christian democratic[2] political party in Romania. It claims to be the rightful successor of the interwar National Peasants' Party (PNȚ), created from the merger of the Romanian National Party (PNR) from the then Austro-Hungarian-ruled Transylvania and the Peasants' Party (PȚ) from the Romanian Old Kingdom.

PNȚCD was the largest and most important political party of the Romanian Democratic Convention (Romanian: Convenția Democrată Română, CDR) during the 1990s and was led by Corneliu Coposu and Ion Diaconescu, two former political prisoners during communism, but as the 2000s began it gradually feel out of grace amongst centre-right Romanian voters and slowly became an inactive microparty. The party was subsequently excluded from the European People's Party (EPP) in June 2017.[12] Eventually, it joined the European Christian Political Movement (ECPM) in February 2020.[13]

Given a tremendous disdain and resentment towards Pavelescu's leadership (the incumbent party president since 2011 onwards), another Christian peasant group known as the National Peasant Alliance (Romanian: Alianța Național Țărăniștă – Țărăniștii, ANȚ) seceded from the main PNȚCD in 2019 (which, according to them and their electoral basin, greatly drifted from its original ideology) and centered around leader Radu Ghidău (one of the youngest PNȚCD MPs during the legislature of the late 1990s, more specifically the one spanning over 1996–2000) for the 2020 Romanian local elections.[14][15][16]

  1. ^ a b Daniele Caramani (2013). The Europeanization of Politics. Cambridge University Press. p. 310. ISBN 978-1-107-11867-6.
  2. ^ a b Bakke, Elisabeth (18 February 2010). "Central and East European party systems since 1989". In Ramet, Sabrina P. (ed.). Central and Southeast European Politics since 1989. Cambridge University Press. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-139-48750-4.
  3. ^ "Romania". Retrieved 24 April 2023.
  4. ^ Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Romania: Information on the current situation of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Partidal National Taranese-Crestin si Democrat [PNTCD]) in Romania, 1 January 1994, ROM16270.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6ab1378.html [accessed 10 May 2021]
  5. ^ "Nationalistii's au unit platforma". Archived from the original on 6 November 2022. Retrieved 6 November 2022.
  6. ^ "PNȚCD și partidul lui Liviu Dragnea vor să se alieze pentru a crea un pol politic suveranist. Liviu Dragnea a primit "Medalia Omagială Iuliu Maniu" din partea conducerii PNȚCD". 15 May 2022.
  7. ^ "PNȚ și europenismul:Maniu și Gafencu". 23 May 2022.
  8. ^ "PNŢCD optează pentru o susţinere mai amplă din partea României a proceselor democratice şi integraţioniste din Moldova".
  9. ^ "Denunţarea pactului dintre Hitler şi Stalin trebuie să depăşească stadiul declarativ". Stiri de ultima ora din Moldova - Ultimele stiri Timpul.md. 10 October 2010.
  10. ^ "PNŢCD susţine integrarea în UE şi NATO". www.amosnews.ro.
  11. ^ "VIDEO A murit Radu Vasile, premierul care a deschis calea aderarii Romaniei la NATO si UE - HotNews.ro". 3 July 2013.
  12. ^ "Primul partid românesc din PPE a fost EXCLUS! " A fost o EXECUŢIE în stil BOLŞEVIC"". 9 June 2017.
  13. ^ "PNTCD Romania becomes the newest member of ECPM". ECPM. 3 March 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  14. ^ "S-a creat Alianța Național Țărănistă". Flux 24 (in Romanian). 11 November 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  15. ^ "Alianța Național Țărănistă, noul partid lansat de vechii țărăniști". Servus Cluj (in Romanian). 7 February 2020. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  16. ^ "Alianța Național Țărănistă va conta în alegerile locale din Constanța". Constanța 100% (in Romanian). 12 December 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.