Renewing Romania's European Project

Renewing Romania's European Project
Reînnoim Proiectul European al României
AbbreviationREPER
PresidentDragoș Pîslaru
Ramona Strugariu[1]
FounderDacian Cioloș
Ramona Strugariu
Dragoș Pîslaru
Alin Mituța
Dragoș Tudorache[2]
Founded31 May 2022 (2022-05-31)
Split fromSave Romania Union (USR)
Preceded byFreedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) (unofficially)
IdeologyLiberalism[3]
Political positionCentre[3]
National affiliationPlatform for Democracy, Prosperity, and Progress
European Parliament groupRenew Europe
Colours  Magenta
European Parliament
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Senate
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Chamber of Deputies
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Website
partidulreper.ro

Renewing Romania's European Project (Romanian: Reînnoim Proiectul European al României, REPER) is a political party in Romania. It is a splinter of the Save Romania Union (USR) and is currently led by Dragoș Pîslaru and Ramona Strugariu as co-presidents. The party was founded in May 2022, in opposition to USR's current leadership under Cătălin Drulă. The party is mostly associated with former technocratic Prime Minister and former USR president Dacian Cioloș, who founded the party. On 7 May 2023, Pîslaru and Strugariu were voted co-presidents at the latest congress of the party.[4]

History

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Background

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On 30 March 2018, Dacian Cioloș announced his plans to establish a new political party, called the "Romania Together Movement".[5] However, its official registration was never finalized due to various appeals and delays in the legal process.[6] This was abandoned in favor of the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS), which was registered in December 2018 by three colleagues of Cioloș.[7] On 26 January 2019, PLUS organized its first National Convention, where Cioloș was elected president of the party.[8]

Soon after Cioloș took the party presidency, it was announced that PLUS will form an electoral alliance with the Save Romania Union (USR), known as the 2020 USR-PLUS Alliance, to participate together in the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania,[9] and subsequently in the 2019 presidential election and the 2020 local and legislative elections as well.[10]

On 15 August 2020, USR and PLUS organized a joint congress to decide whether to formally unite the two parties or not, with 84.65% of the participants voting in favor of a merger.[11] The merger was approved by the Bucharest Court of Appeal on 16 April 2021.[12]

In October 2021, after a joint leadership with Dan Barna,[12] Cioloș was elected the sole president of the new party, which retained the "Save Romania Union" name.[13][14] Four months later, in February 2022, Cioloș resigned as USR president after his presidential project was rejected by the party's National Bureau, with a vote of 14–11. He stated, however, that he would remain member of the party.[15]

Formation

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On 31 May 2022, Dacian Cioloș, along with four other MEPs, resigned from the Save Romania Union (USR), criticizing the leadership of the party: "We do not see in the USR leadership either the desire or the maturity to accept the mistakes of the past and to change a direction that leads the party to political irrelevance". Cioloș and his supporters then announced the formation of a new party, more specifically "Renewing Romania's European Project" (or "REPER" for short).[16][17] This announcement was met with waves of irony stemming from prominent USR members, including Bucharest Sector 1 mayor Clotilde Armand, former Justice Minister Stelian Ion, and Cosette Chichirău, as well as incumbent party president Cătălin Drulă or former party president Dan Barna.[18]

Until the party's first congress, the party will be led by Dragoș Pîslaru and Ramona Strugariu as acting/ad interim co-presidents.[1] Cioloș chose not to hold a position within the party leadership.[19]

On 24 September 2024, DEMOS, NOW and REPER announced an electoral alliance to contest the 2024 Romanian legislative election, the Platform for Democracy, Prosperity, and Progress.[20]

Electoral history

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European elections

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Election Votes Percentage MEPs Position EU Party EP Group
2024 334,703 3.74%
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References

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  1. ^ a b "Echipa lui Dacian Cioloș a depus cererea de înființare a partidului REPER. Copreședinți vor fi un bărbat și o femeie". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-06-03.
  2. ^ "Reper, noul partid fondat de Cioloș, este înființat oficial". G4 Media (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  3. ^ a b Redacția Aktual24.ro (27 June 2022). "Partidul lui Ciolos s-a lansat fara Ciolos. Dragos Pislaru: "Acest partid nu este sugrumat in jurul a doi oameni, copresedinti"". Aktual24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 27 June 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  4. ^ Ionel Dancu (7 May 2023). "REPER și-a ales noua conducere. Lista completă a structurii centrale" (in Romanian). Stiri pe surse. Retrieved 4 June 2023.
  5. ^ "În sfârşit, Dacian Cioloş a anunţat noul partid: Mişcarea România Împreună. "După un an de zile am decis că e nevoie de mai mult decât de o mişcare civică"". adevarul.ro. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  6. ^ "De ce dureaza atat de mult sa se infiinteze partidul lui Ciolos? Povestea incredibila a celor 266 de zile de cand s-a solicitat inregistrarea". Ziare.com (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  7. ^ "Dacian Cioloș, după anunțul înregistrării noului partid PLUS: "În 24 de ore am primit peste 7.500 de cereri de adeziune"". www.hotnews.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  8. ^ "Dacian Cioloş a fost ales preşedinte al PLUS". adevarul.ro. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  9. ^ AGERPRES. "USR a decis să participe împreună cu PLUS pe o listă comună la europarlamentare". www.agerpres.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  10. ^ "Comitetul politic al USR a decis: Alianța 2020 USR-PLUS va rămâne electorală și nu se va înscrie la tribunal cum au vrut liderii". Retrieved 31 May 2022.
  11. ^ "DOCUMENT Fuziunea dintre USR și PLUS a primit votul final din partea membrilor ambelor partide, reuniți în congres comun online: 84,65% au votat în favoarea fuziunii / Noul partid, care se va numi USR până la viitorul congres la care i se va schimba numele în USR PLUS, urmează să fie înregistrat la Tribunal". G4 Media (in Romanian). 2020-08-15. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  12. ^ a b "USR și PLUS au fuzionat. Decizia Curții de Apel București, definitivă. Noul partid se pregătește de Congres". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  13. ^ "Dacian Cioloș a fost ales președintele USR PLUS". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  14. ^ "USR PLUS revine la denumirea de USR şi la vechea siglă". Stirileprotv.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  15. ^ "BREAKING Dacian Cioloș a demisionat de la șefia USR după patru luni, Cătălin Drulă devine președinte interimar". G4 Media (in Romanian). 2022-02-07. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  16. ^ "Dacian Cioloș și oamenii lui și-au dat demisia din USR. Aceștia anunță înființarea partidului REPER". www.digi24.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  17. ^ "OFICIAL Dacian Cioloș a demisionat din USR, alături de alți patru europarlamentari. Ei lansează Partidul REPER". G4 Media (in Romanian). 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  18. ^ "Festival de ironii în ziua lansării partidului REPER, a patra platformă înființată de Dacian Cioloș în ultimii șase ani/ Pagina de Facebook a strâns 700 de like-uri, 900 de urmăritori și un impact slab în social media, canal vital pentru comunicarea cu electoratul său". G4 Media (in Romanian). 2022-05-31. Retrieved 2022-05-31.
  19. ^ "Dacian Cioloş: USR este fărâmiţat de mult timp / În noul partid, nu intenţionez să candidez pentru o funcţie conducere". News.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 2022-06-15.
  20. ^ https://www.g4media.ro/reper-anunta-liste-comune-cu-partidul-de-stanga-demos-si-cu-candidati-independenti.html
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