Editing Politics of Romania (section)

== Classification of political parties ==

{{Main|List of political parties in Romania|Elections in Romania}}

Romania has a multiparty political system, which makes a majority government virtually impossible (unless a very high score is achieved in the legislative election by one particular political party). Smaller parliamentary parties have sometimes merged with larger ones during previous legislatures before 2020 (or created/were part of several electoral alliances). Currently, there are five main parliamentary parties (excluding the 18 [[Romanian ethnic minority parties|ethnic-minority parties]] which have one representative each) as follows:

{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- 
! Logo
! colspan=2 | Party name
!rowspan=1 width=15%|Ideology
!rowspan=1 width=15%|Leader(s)
!rowspan=1 width=30%|Notes
|- style="text-align:center;"
! 
! style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" |
|[[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|Social Democratic Party]]<br /> ({{langx|ro|Partidul Social Democrat}})
|[[Social democracy|Social democratic]], [[centre-left politics|centre-left]] [[populism|populist]], de facto [[Big tent|catch all]]
|[[Marcel Ciolacu]]
|<small>Currently the largest party in parliament. He currently leads a government formed with PNL and UDMR (government composition that was between 2021 and 2023). He achieved his worst results in recent elections.</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:Logo_of_the_Alliance_for_the_Union_of_Romanians.svg|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance for the Union of Romanians}}" |
|[[Alliance for the Union of Romanians]]
([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor'')
|[[Romanian nationalism]], [[Greater Romania|Romanian irredentism]], [[Euroscepticism]], [[right-wing populism]], [[national conservatism]]
|[[George Simion]]
|<small>Currently the second largest opposition party in parliament. In the legislative elections, AUR won 20% of the vote in all of Romania and the diaspora, which resulted in aresult that made the party the second largest in the country at the central political level.</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:Partidul Național Liberal (PNL) logo.svg|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|National Liberal Party (Romania)}}" |
|[[National Liberal Party (Romania)|National Liberal Party]]<br /> ({{langx|ro|Partidul Național Liberal}})
|[[Conservative liberalism|Conservative liberal]], [[Right-wing politics|centre-right]] [[populism|populist]], de facto [[Big tent|catch all]]
|[[Nicolae Ciucă]]
|<small>Until November 2021, the largest ruling party through a coalition government previously established in December 2020, but subsequently formed a minority government solely with the UDMR/RMDSZ after early September 2021 until late November of the same year (even after it was dismissed by a recorded-voted [[Motion of no confidence|no confidence motion]]). It is currently part of a [[grand coalition]] government known as the ''[[National Coalition for Romania]]'' (''CNR'' for short) along with PSD, being the second largest party within it. Additionally, it has also been crushed by internal disputes, growing [[Corruption in Romania|corruption]] scandals, and departures of various MPs and local politicians, some of which had already founded several splinter parties (e.g. most notably [[Ludovic Orban]]'s [[Force of the Right]] or FD for short).</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:Logo USR 2022 (1).svg|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Save Romania Union}}" |
|[[Save Romania Union]]<br /> ({{langx|ro|Uniunea Salvați România}})
|[[Liberalism]], [[Progressivism]], [[Social liberalism]], [[Economic liberalism]], [[Pro-Europeanism]]
|[[Elena Lasconi]]
|<small>Currently, the third largest parliamentary party (previously established as a formal political and [[electoral alliance]] between the [[Save Romania Union|USR]] and [[Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party|PLUS]] known as the [[USR PLUS|2020 USR PLUS Alliance]] and then simply as USR-PLUS/USR PLUS) and in opposition towards the PSD-PNL-UDMR/RMDSZ grand coalition government (as well as to the current PSD-PNL government). [[Syncretic politics|Syncretic]] political position (mostly with considerable focus towards [[anti-corruption]] and the [[rule of law]]). Recently has clarified its political position (center-right) with strong emphasis on [[economic liberalism]], [[anti-corruption]] policies. Also recently, the party has taken slightly [[populism|populist]] positions.</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:SOS Romania logo.svg|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|S.O.S. Romania}}" |
|[[S.O.S. Romania]]
([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''S.O.S. România'')
|[[Romanian nationalism|Romanian]] [[ultranationalism]], [[Greater Romania|Romanian irredentism]], [[hard euroscepticism]], [[social conservatism]]
|[[Diana Șoșoacă]]
|<small>Founded in 2021 and becoming popular after the entry of [[Diana Șoșoacă]], the party managed to send 2 MEPs after the [[2024 European Parliament election in Romania|2024 European Parliament election]]. In the [[2024 Romanian parliamentary election|parliamentary election]] it obtained a significant representation, becoming the fifth largest party in the parliament, and the second nationalist party after AUR. The party's rhetoric is ultra-nationalist, nationalist-revolutionary, and hardly Eurosceptic.</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:Logo of the Party of Young People.png|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Party of Young People}}" |
|[[Party of Young People]]
([[Romanian language|Romanian]]: ''Partidul Oamenilor Tineri'')
|[[Right-wing populism]], [[Romanian nationalism]], [[christian right]]
|[[Anamaria Gavrilă]]
|<small>Founded in 2023 by Anamaria Gavrilă, former AUR deputy, the party promotes traditionalist and national-christian ideologies, [[opposition to abortion|opposing abortion]] and [[Anti-vaccine activism|compulsory vaccination]]. POT supported the candidacy of [[Călin Georgescu]] in the [[2024 Romanian presidential election|presidential election of 2024]] and obtained parliamentary representation following the elections of December 1, 2024. The party is currently in opposition.</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:RMDSZlogo.png|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania}}" |
|[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania]]<br /> ({{langx|ro|Uniunea Democrată Maghiară din România}})
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]], [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarian minority interests]], Hungarian ethnic minority party
|[[Hunor Kelemen]]
|<small>Previously, the smallest ruling party in the centre-right coalition formed in December 2020 (which was later disbanded in September 2021). It was also part of the CNR ruling grand coalition along with PNL and PSD, being still the smallest party (or junior partner) in the aforementioned government. Since June 2023, it switched to opposition after not voting the [[Ciolacu Cabinet]].</small>
|}

The main four non-parliamentary parties (the first two around the five-percent threshold) with local representatives are as follows:

{| class="wikitable" width=100%
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Logo
! colspan=2 | Party name
!rowspan=1|Romanian name
!rowspan=1|Ideology
!rowspan=1|Leader
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:Logo_Partidul_SENS.png|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: #a2da5a" |
|[[Health Education Nature Sustainability Party]]
|Partidul Sănătate, Educație, Natură, Sustenabilitate (SENS)
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] 
[[Green politics]]<br />[[Progressivism]]
|[[Andrei Macsut]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:Sigla_Forta_Dreptei.jpg|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|Force of the Right}}" |
|[[Force of the Right]]
|Forța Dreptei (FD)
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] 
[[Liberal conservatism]]
|[[Ludovic Orban]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
! [[File:PMP_logo.svg|100x100px]]
! style="background-color: {{party color|People's Movement Party}}" |
|[[People's Movement Party]]
|Partidul Mișcarea Populară (PMP)
|[[Centre-right politics|Centre-right]] 
[[Christian democracy]]
|[[Eugen Tomac]]
|- style="text-align:center;"
|-
|- style="text-align:center;"
!
! style="background-color: {{party color|United Social Democratic Party (Romania)}}" |
|[[United Social Democratic Party (Romania)|United Social Democratic Party]]
|Partidul Social Democrat Unit (PSDU)
|[[Centre-left politics|Centre-left]] 
[[Social democracy]]<br />[[Christian left]]
|[[Oana Crețu]]
|}


Unlike other former Soviet-bloc countries (such as, most notably, neighbouring [[Moldova|Republic of Moldova]]), no political party claiming to be the successor of the [[Romanian Communist Party]] (PCR) has been or is currently a significant player on the political scene, although the main continuator of FSN, more specifically PSD, has many times raised suspicions and accusations from electoral contenders regarding the past political careers of many of its current and former members who were first tier, high-ranking members of the PCR before the 1989 Romanian Revolution. The PNL also has many former Securitate members, former PCR members, or their relatives, in part through the merger with the PDL in 2014 but not only.