Save Romania Union Uniunea Salvați România | |
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| Abbreviation | USR |
| Leader | Elena Lasconi |
| Leader in the Senate | Radu-Mihai Mihail |
| Leader in the Chamber of Deputies | Liviu-Ionuț Moșteanu |
| Founder | Nicușor Dan |
| Founded | 21 August 2016 |
| Preceded by | USB |
| Headquarters | Blvd. Aviatorilor 9, Bucharest |
| Youth wing | USR Tineret |
| Membership (2024) | 25,607[1] |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | USR PLUS (2019–2021) United Right Alliance (2023–2024) |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe[3] |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Blue Red |
| Slogan | O Românie fără hoție (A Romania without thievery) |
| Senate | 20 / 136 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 40 / 330 |
| European Parliament | 2 / 33 |
| Mayors | 46 / 3,176 |
| County Councilors | 108 / 1,340 |
| Local Councilors | 1,207 / 39,900 |
| Website | |
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The Save Romania Union (Romanian: Uniunea Salvați România, USR) is a liberal political party in Romania that sits on the centre-right of the political spectrum. It is currently the third largest party in the Parliament of Romania with 41 deputies and 20 senators, and a fifth at local level nationwide (following the 2020 Romanian local elections), after the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR/RMDSZ) and the People's Movement Party (PMP), two smaller centre-right political parties in the country.
The party was founded following the success of the Save Bucharest Union (USB) party in the 2016 local elections. After being officially registered as a political party in 2016, it united with the local USB and Union for Codlea parties, thus gaining most of its initial membership base from the two latter parties.[4]
Between 2016 and 2020, it was the third largest political party in the Romanian Parliament after the 2016 legislative elections and ran on an anti-corruption platform.[5] In 2019, it established a political alliance with the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) led by former technocratic Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș which it eventually absorbed in 2021. Dacian Cioloș, who was also subsequently elected president of the party but who resigned in the meantime from this position, left the USR with a group of followers (most notably several MEPs) in late May 2022 in order to form his own party called REPER.
Starting from December 2020 onwards, USR is still the third largest political party in the Romanian Parliament after the 2020 Romanian legislative elections, running once more on an even successful anti-corruption platform compared to the previous legislative elections from 2016.
- ^ "USR are un nou președinte: Elena Lasconi - Uniunea Salvați România". usr.ro.
- ^ a b c d e "Centru-Dreapta Modern - Uniunea Salvați România". usr.ro. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
- ^ "ALDE Party Council meets in Zürich". ALDE. 28 June 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019. [permanent dead link]
- ^ "USB, USR si Uniunea pentru Codlea au fuzionat duminica intr-un eveniment cu usile inchise" (in Romanian). 21 August 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Gotev, Georgi (21 February 2018). "Dan Barna: Save Romania Union similar to Macron's En Marche".