The National Liberal Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Liberal, PNL) is a political party in the Republic of Moldova. It was founded in 1993 but temporarily disappeared through political amalgamation in 2000 before being refounded in 2006.
National Liberal Party Partidul Național Liberal | |
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| Abbreviation | PNL |
| President | Vitalia Pavlicenco |
| Founded | 1993 2000 (merged into AMN) 2006 (refounded on 16 December) |
| Headquarters | Calea Ieșilor nr. 6, Chișinău |
| Ideology | National liberalism Conservative liberalism Moldovan–Romanian unionism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Mișcarea Politică Unirea (MPU) |
| Colours | Yellow, blue |
| Parliament | 0 / 101 |
| District Presidents | 0 / 32 |
| Website | |
| pnl.md/ | |
Political agenda edit
The party supports the unification of the Republic of Moldova with Romania and shares copies the identity and ideology of the traditional party in neighbouring Romania. Nonetheless, very much unlike the Romanian PNL (which is dominant on the centre-right as well as Romania's second largest political party), the Moldovan PNL might actually be considered a micro party with respect to Moldovan politics. In addition to support for political union with Romania, as an interim measure, the PNL supports EU and NATO membership for Moldova. In early 2020, the PNL became one of the founding members of Mișcarea Politică Unirea (MPU), a political party established purposely for the unification of Moldova and Romania.[1][2]
Electoral history edit
| Election | Votes | % | Parliament | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 163,513 | 9.21 (as BȚI)1 | 11 / 104
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3rd | Parliamentary opposition |
| 1998 | 36,344 | 2.24 (as ADF)2 | 0 / 101
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7th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2001 | 44,548 | 2.8 | 0 / 101
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6th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2005 | 444,377 | 28.5 (as EBDM)3 | 34 / 101
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2nd | Parliamentary opposition |
| 2009 (April) | Did not participate | Extra-parliamentary election | |||
| 2009 (July) | |||||
| 2010 | 10,938 | 0.64 | 0 / 101
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8th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2014 | 6,859 | 0.43 | 0 / 101
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13th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2019 | 3,375 | 0.24 | 0 / 101
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11th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
Notes:
1 BȚI stands for Blocul Țăranilor și Intelectualilor[3] which was also composed of the Alliance of Free Peasants (AȚL), the Congress of the Intellectuals (CI), the Democratic Christian League of the Women of Moldova (LDCFM), and the Christian Democratic Party of Moldova (PDCM).[4]
2 ADF stands for Alliance of Democratic Forces which was composed of PNŢM, PLM, and PNL.
3 EBDM stands for the centre-left Electoral Bloc Democratic Moldova, which was composed of Our Moldova Alliance (AMN), into which the Moldovan PNL previously merged in 2000, Democratic Party of Moldova (PDM), and Social Liberal Party (PSL). AMN won 23 seats, PDM 8, and PSL 3.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Mihailova, Iulia (15 January 2020). "S-a constituit mișcarea politică Unirea". Radio Europa Liberă Moldova (in Romanian).
- ^ "Cinci partide unioniste au constituit mișcarea politică "Unirea"". Agora (in Romanian). 15 January 2020.
- ^ Blocul electoral “Blocul Ţăranilor şi Intelectualilor” (BŢI) eDemocracy
- ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1334 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
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