Green Party (Romania)

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Green Party - The Greens Partidul Verde (Verzii)[a]
Founded	November 2005 (originally) Re-established in September 2022 as Green Party (Greens)
Headquarters	Str. Cuțitul de Argint nr. 8, Sector 4 Bucharest
Think tank	Institutul Verde
Youth wing	Tinerii Verzi (i.e. Young Greens)
Membership (2022)	cca. 4,400 [1]
Ideology	Green politics Progressivism[2][3] Pro-Europeanism[4] Big tent[5][6][7] Factions: Green conservatism[8][9]
Political position	Centre-left[10] to left-wing[11]
National affiliation	None (Currently) PVE (2008) USL (2011-2013) AER (2023-2024) MRR (2024, faction)
European affiliation	European Green Party
International affiliation	Global Greens
Colours	Green
Slogan	Toți 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/
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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^[12] and environmentalism.^[13][14] 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),^[15] represented by the Greens–European Free Alliance in the European Parliament.

The Green Party has progressive views on abortion and LGBT rights^[16][17] but more conservative views on drug use and religion^[18][19] and from an economic point of view it is centre-left to left-wing, being among the few centre-left political organizations in Romania.^[20][21] Before the 2022 Congress, the party was economically much more centre-right.

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.

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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.^[22]

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.

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.^[23]

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

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.^{[24][25][26][27]}

Young Greens of Romania Tinerii Verzi
Leader	Cătălina Barzu
Founded	7 March 2022
Headquarters	Bucharest, Sector 4
Membership	cca. 30
Ideology	Environmentalism[28] Youth politics[29][30] Factions: Progressivism Green conservatism
Position	Centre right to Left-wing
Mother party	Green Party (Romania)
Website	https://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).

The Green Party was founded in November 2005 by Gheorghe Ionicescu, after the merger of FER and AP was revoked.^[31] 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).^[32][33]

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.^[34][35]Marius Lazăr then joined the Romania in Action Party, becoming its candidate for the Chamber of Deputies in Sibiu County.^[36]

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2008	18,279	0.27	0 / 334	48,119	0.70	0 / 137	10th [37]	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).

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

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	—

2024 Mayoral and Local Council Election^[38]

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 [39]	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 [40]	975	21,60%	2 / 15 [41]	Opposition
Bârnova	3.44 / 100	242	6,24%	1 / 15	TBD
Călinești-Oaș	60.58 / 100 [42]	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 [43]	153	12,93%	2 / 11	Coalition
Todirești	15.06 / 100	436	17,26%	3 / 15	Opposition

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

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

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

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