Conservative Party (Romania)

For the Conservative Party which existed in Romania between 1880 and 1918, see Conservative Party (Romania, 1880–1918).
Conservative Party
Partidul Conservator
PresidentDaniel Constantin
Secretary-GeneralDamian Florea
FounderDan Voiculescu
Founded18 December 1991 (1991-12-18)
Dissolved19 June 2015
Merged intoAlliance of Liberals and Democrats
Succeeded bySocial Liberal Humanist Party (faction)
HeadquartersCalea Victoriei, 118
Bucharest
Membership (2014)55,000[1]
IdeologySocial conservatism[2]
National conservatism[3]
Liberal conservatism[4]
Before 2005:
Humanism
Social liberalism[5]
Political positionCentre-right
Before 2005:
Centre
National affiliationSocial Liberal Union (2010–14)
Social Democratic Union (2014–2015)
European affiliationEuropean People's Party[6]
European Parliament groupProgressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
ColoursBlue
Website
www.partidulconservator.ro

The Conservative Party (Romanian: Partidul Conservator, PC) was a conservative[2] political party in Romania. It was founded in 1991, approximately two years after the fall of Communism in Romania, originally under the name Romanian Humanist Party (Romanian: Partidul Umanist Român, PUR). From 2005 until 3 December 2006,[7] the party was a junior member of the Government of Romania. The party adopted the name Conservative Party on 7 May 2005. Subsequently, a little bit more than a decade after, more specifically in June 2015, it merged with the Liberal Reformist Party (PLR) to form the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (ALDE).

The Conservative Party (PC) stated that it promoted tradition, family, social solidarity, European integration, and a nationalism without chauvinism. It claimed the heritage of the historical Romanian Conservative Party, one of the two main political forces in Romania before the First World War. There was no direct, uninterrupted link between the two parties—the historical Conservative Party was dissolved after World War I—but the modern party sustained and embraced the values of the historical one.

  1. ^ "Cati membri au partidele din Romania. Ce partid a pierdut din adepti". 10 September 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
  2. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2015). "Romania". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 25 October 2016. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Parties-and-elections.de". Archived from the original on 2006-04-30.
  5. ^ Radu, Alexandru; Public Administration, Bucharest (July 2017). "Partide politice minore în România postcomunistă. Cazurile PC şi UNPR". ProQuest: 3–12. ProQuest 2020766446.
  6. ^ Radu, Alexandru; Public Administration, Bucharest (July 2017). "Partide politice minore în România postcomunistă. Cazurile PC şi UNPR". ProQuest: 3–12. ProQuest 2020766446.
  7. ^ (in Romanian) Partidul Conservator s-a retras de la guvernare Archived 2007-02-14 at the Wayback Machine, party site, 3 December 2006. They left the coalition citing lack of support for their legislative projects by their coalition partners ("…lipsa sprijinului partenerilor de coaliţie pentru proiectele legislative ale PC").