United Right Alliance

United Right Alliance

Alianța Dreapta Unită
United Right Alliance Alianța Dreapta Unită
Abbreviation	ADU
Leader	Elena Lasconi (USR); Ludovic Orban (FD); Eugen Tomac (PMP)
Founded	18 December 2023
Dissolved	6 September 2024
Political position	Majority:; Centre-right; Minority:; Right-wing;
European affiliation	ALDE Party (USR); EPP (FD and PMP)
European Parliament group	Renew (USR and PMP)
Alliance parties	Save Romania Union (USR); Force of the Right (FD); People's Movement Party (PMP)
Senate	23 / 136
Chamber of Deputies	57 / 330
European Parliament	3 / 33
Mayors	91 / 3,176
County Presidents	0 / 41
County Councilors	175 / 1,340
Local Council Councilors	3,792 / 39,900
Ministers	0 / 18
Website
	dreaptaunita.eu
	Politics of Romania; Political parties; Elections; ^ A: The largest party in the coalition, the Save Romania Union (USR), is a broadly centre to centre-right, liberal and progressive party, while the smaller parties of the Force of the Right (FD) and the People's Movement Party (PMP), lean right ideologically (see table below).;

United Right Alliance (Romanian: Alianța Dreapta Unită, ADU) was a centre-right^[1] electoral alliance that was formed to compete in the 2024 Romanian parliamentary election. It opposed the incumbent National Coalition for Romania (CNR) government.^[2]^[3]^[4]

History

On 14 December 2023, Save Romania Union, Force of the Right and the People's Movement Party officially announced the creation of a right-leaning opposition electoral alliance to contest in the 2024 elections.^[5] On 18 December, the alliance was formally named as United Right Alliance.^[6]

In 2024, the Alliance concentrated their efforts mostly in supporting independent candidate and incumbent Mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan. They have been criticized for not being more active in the rest of the country and for not being more involved in promoting the Alliance for the European Parliament elections. Former USR president and the unofficial leader of the Alliance, Cătălin Drulă, was also criticized and accused of trying to further his own image for the upcoming 2024 presidential elections, putting up campaign banners all over the country featuring only his face, even though he was not running for any of the positions in the local elections, nor those for the European Parliament. It is widely considered in the Romanian public that incumbent mayors for Sector 1 and Sector 2 in Bucharest were disadvantaged because of this, as they have declared they also received next to no funding for their campaigns from the Alliance. This resulted in very tight races for both of the sectors; the results are still being disputed, as Sector 1 mayor Clotilde Armand and Sector 2 mayor Radu Mihaiu have both accused the governing CNR of orchestrating electoral fraud in their respective districts.

As of late June 2024, the Alliance is expected to be dissolved, following declarations from the new USR president, Elena Lasconi, who replaced former leader Drulă, who quit following weak results in both the local and European Parliament elections.

Priorities and principles

Here are the 12 priorities of the United Right "to complete European integration and modernization of Romania":^[7]

Get Romania truly in Schengen
A European life for Romanians (economic stability through the transition to the Euro, prosperity through industrialisation, trade and innovation)
State reform and anti-corruption (defend the Union against illiberal slippages right at home)
Democracy, fundamental rights and rule of law
Health & education for Romanians at European standards
EU funds for Romania's modernisation (spent more efficiently and with greater impact)
Agriculture and rural middle class (bring funding for family farms to European level)
Union with Moldova in the European Union
Romania's contribution to EU reform
Defend the rights of Romanian workers in Europe to decent income and pensions
A prosperous Europe with a clean environment
European armies, better integrated into NATO and better prepared (respond together to challenges. We support Ukraine, we defend ourselves)

Composition

The table below lists the parties in the alliance. The alliance currently holds a total of 23 seats in the 163 seat Senate of Romania, 57 seats in the 330 seat Chamber of Deputies, and 10 seats out of the 33 Romanian seats of the European Parliament.

Parliament of Romania

The vote percentage comes from the parties which contested in the 2020 Romanian parliamentary election.

Abbr.	Name	Main ideology	Political position	Leader	Senate	Chamber of Deputies	Vote % at the 2020 election
USR	Save Romania Union Uniunea Salvați România	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	Dominic Fritz	20 / 136	41 / 330	15.86%^[a]
FD	Force of the Right Forța Dreptei	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Ludovic Orban	3 / 136	16 / 330	N/A
PMP	People's Movement Party Partidul Mișcarea Populară	National conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Eugen Tomac	0 / 136	0 / 330	4.93%

European Parliament

The vote percentage comes from the parties which contested in the 2019 European Parliament election in Romania.

Abbr.	Name	Main ideology	Political position	Leader	Seats	EP party	EP group	Vote % at the 2019 election
USR	Save Romania Union Uniunea Salvați România	Liberalism	Centre to centre-right	Dominic Fritz	1 / 33	ALDE	Renew	22.36%^[a]
FD	Force of the Right Forța Dreptei	Liberal conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Ludovic Orban	0 / 33	EPP (intention)	EPP (intention)	N/A
PMP	People's Movement Party Partidul Mișcarea Populară	National conservatism	Centre-right to right-wing	Eugen Tomac	2 / 33	EPP	EPP	5.76%