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Greater Romania Party Partidul România Mare
President	Victor Iovici
Founder	Corneliu Vadim Tudor Eugen Barbu
Founded	20 June 1991
Headquarters	Bucharest
Membership	37,000 (2014 est.)
Ideology	Romanian nationalism Romanian irredentism Right-wing populism National conservatism Social conservatism Social democracy Soft Euroscepticism Anti-Hungarian sentiment Historical: National communism (before 2000)
Political position	Socially: Right-wing to far-right Fiscally: Left-wing
Religion	Romanian Orthodoxy
National affiliation	National Identity Bloc in Europe
Colours	Blue   Yellow
Senate	0 / 136
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 330
European Parliament	0 / 33
Mayors	0 / 3,176
County Councilors	0 / 1,338
Local Council Councilors	22 / 39,900
Website
partidulromaniamare.ropartidulromaniamare.com
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The Greater Romania Party (Romanian: Partidul România Mare, PRM) is a Romanian far-right political party. Founded in May 1991 by Eugen Barbu and Corneliu Vadim Tudor, it was led by the latter from that point until his death in September 2015. The party is sometimes referred to in English as the Great Romania Party.

It briefly participated in government from 1993 to 1995 (in Nicolae Văcăroiu's cabinet). In 2000, Tudor received the second largest number of votes in Romania's presidential elections, partially as a result of protest votes lodged by Romanians frustrated with the fractionalisation and mixed performance of the 1996–2000 Romanian Democratic Convention (CDR) government. Tudor's second-place position ensured he would compete in the second round run-off against former president and Party of Social Democracy in Romania (PDSR) candidate Ion Iliescu, who won by a large margin. Parallels are often drawn with the situation in France two years later, when far-right National Rally (RN) party leader Jean-Marie Le Pen similarly drew the second largest number of votes and was elevated, but nevertheless defeated, in the presidential run-off against Jacques Chirac.

Although Tudor clearly remained the central figure in the PRM, in March 2005 he briefly stepped down from the party presidency in favour of Corneliu Ciontu. A primary objective of the move was to provide the appearance of a shift toward the political center and to attempt to align PRM with the European People's Party (EPP) bloc in the European Parliament. During this period the PRM also briefly changed its name to the Greater Romania's People Party. EPP, however, rejected the PRM as a potential member. Tudor stated he refused to join the EPP because of its lack of identity. In June 2005, Tudor asserted that he had decided the new leadership had distanced itself from the founding principles of the party, and he sacked the new leadership and reverted the party's name back to simply the "Greater Romania Party". In November 2005, Ciontu, along with a small faction of the PRM, formed their own party, the People's Party (PP), which has since merged with the New Generation Party (PNG).

In January 2007, with Romania's accession to the EU România Mare's five MEPs joined a group of far-right parties in the European Parliament that included the French National Rally (RN) and Austrian Freedom Party (FPÖ), giving them sufficient numbers to form an official bloc, called Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty. Though due to disagreements, they left the group a few months later, causing its collapse.

History and ideology

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The party was founded in 1991 by Tudor, who was formerly known as a "court poet" of communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu, and his literary mentor, the writer Eugen Barbu, one year after Tudor launched the România Mare weekly magazine, which remains the most important propaganda tool of the PRM. Tudor subsequently launched a companion daily newspaper called Tricolorul or Ziarul Tricolorul. The party claimed to be center-left and national. (The historical expression Greater Romania refers to the idea of recreating the former Kingdom of Romania which existed during the interwar period. Having been the largest entity to bear the name of Romania, the frontiers were marked with the intent of uniting most territories inhabited by ethnic Romanians into a single country; and it is now a rallying cry for Romanian nationalists. Due to internal conditions under Communism after World War II, the expression's use was forbidden in publications until 1990, after the Romanian Revolution.) The party's initial success was partly attributed to the deep rootedness of Ceaușescu's national communism in Romania. The party was accused of promoting anti-Romani sentiments.

Both the ideology and the main political focus of the Greater Romania Party (PRM) are reflected in frequently strongly nationalistic articles written by Tudor. The party has called for the outlawing of the ethnic Hungarian party, the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), for allegedly plotting the secession of Transylvania.

PRM promotes the idea of a "Greater Romania" that would bring together all the territories populated by Romanians in neighboring countries (Ukraine and Moldova). It especially calls for the annexation of Moldova.

The party has praised and shown nostalgia for both the military dictatorship of Axis ally Ion Antonescu, whom they consider a hero or even a saint, and the communist regime of Ceaușescu. The party rejected the 2006 Tismăneanu report on the communist dictatorship in Romania as a manipulation of history.

In 2003, Tudor said he would no longer engage in discourse against Jews and Judaism or deny the Holocaust (see Corneliu Vadim Tudor). He also said that he had become, in his own words, a "philo-Semite". In subsequent months he and some of his supporters travelled to Poland to visit the Auschwitz concentration camp; and, despite strong objections from the family of slain Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and many Jewish organisations, Tudor illegally erected a statue in memory of Rabin in the city of Braşov (for which he was found guilty and fined). During this period, Tudor hired Nati Meir, a Jewish advisor, who ran and won as a PRM candidate for the Romanian Chamber of Deputies. Tudor also hired an Israeli public relations firm, Arad Communications, to run his campaign.

Economically, PRM proposes social-democratic measures, speaking of “the equality of chances for all citizens, human solidarity and family values” and of “the development of national economy as a condition for a decent living for all citizens” and being in favour of the state’s intervention in economy.

In 2024, the current president of the party, Victor Iovici, declared that the party is "centrist, with a patriotic orientation" and that "it collaborates with both left-wing and right-wing patriotic parties, as long as they are moderate and not extremist".

Party leaders

• Corneliu Vadim Tudor (1991–2015)
• Emil Străinu (2015–2016)
• Victor Iovici (2017–present)

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Local elections

Presidential elections

European elections

Note:
PNG-CD competed on PRM ballot, thus gaining 1 MEP.

References

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External links

• (in Romanian) Greater Romania Party
• (in Romanian) România Mare (magazine) Archived 2016-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
• (in Romanian) Tricolorul (magazine) Archived 2015-01-03 at the Wayback Machine

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Parliamentary	Social Democratic Party Social Liberal Humanist Party National Liberal Party Force of the Right Save Romania Union Renewing Romania's European Project Justice and Respect in Europe for All Party Alliance for the Union of Romanians S.O.S. Romania Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania Romanian Nationhood Party Association of Italians Association of Macedonians Bulgarian Union of Banat–Romania Community of the Lipovan Russians in Romania Cultural Union of Ruthenians Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania Democratic Turkish Union Democratic Union of Slovaks and Czechs Democratic Union of Turkic-Muslim Tatars Federation of the Jewish Communities in Romania Hellenic Union League of Albanians Party of the Roma Union of Armenians Union of Croatians Union of Poles Union of Serbs Union of the Ukrainians
Extraparliamentary	Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party Alliance for the Homeland Greater Romania Party Green Party Nation People Together People's Movement Party PRO Romania Ecologist Party National Rebirth Alliance Noua Dreaptă Romanian Nationhood Party Romanian Socialist Party The Right Alternative Volt Romania
Defunct Nationalist Democratic Nationalist Party Democratic Union Party National Party National Union from Banat Romanian National Unity Party United Romania Party Liberal Alliance of Liberals and Democrats Free and Independent Faction Liberal Union–Brătianu National Liberal Party National Liberal Party–Brătianu National Liberal Party–Câmpeanu National Liberal Party–Tătărescu Radical Party Conservative Civic Force Conservative Party Conservative-Democratic Party Constitutional Party National Democratic Christian Party National Renaissance Front People's Party (1918–1938) People's Party (2005–2006) Progressive Conservative Party Romanian National Party Vlad Țepeș League Left-wing Banat Socialist Party Communist Party (Nepeceriști) Democratic National Salvation Front Democratic Party of Labour Labor Party National Salvation Front Party of Social Solidarity Peasant Workers' Bloc People's Party – Dan Diaconescu Romanian Communist Party Romanian Social Democratic Party (1927–1948) Romanian Social Democratic Party (1990–2001) Romanian Socialist Democratic Party Romanian Socialist Party Social Democratic Party of Bukovina Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Workers' Party Socialist Party of Labour Social Protection People's Party Socialist Party Socialist Party of Transylvania Socialist Workers Party United Socialist Party Agrarian Agrarian League Agrarian Union Party Bessarabian Peasants' Party Democratic Agrarian Party Democratic Peasants' Party Democratic Peasants' Party–Lupu Democratic Peasants' Party–Stere League Against Usury National Agrarian Party National Peasants' Party National Peasants' Party–Alexandrescu Peasants' Party Peasants' Party–Lupu Ploughmen's Front Radical Peasants' Party Socialist Peasants' Party Transylvanian Peasants' Party Far-right Citizen Bloc Crusade of Romanianism Iron Guard National Christian Party National-Christian Defense League National Fascist Movement National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement National Romanian Fascio National Socialist Party Romanian Action Romanian Front Ethnic minority Autonomous Swabian Party Bratstvo Community of Bulgarians in Romania Cultural Union of Albanians Democratic Union of the Roma German Party German People's Party General Jewish Labour Bund in Romania Group of Transylvanian Saxons Hungarian People's Party Hungarian People's Union Hungarian Union Italian Community Jewish Democratic Committee Jewish National People's Party Jewish Party Magyar Party National Democratic Hungarian-Szekler Party National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement People's Council Party Swabian Group Ukrainian National Party Ukrainian Workers' Party Union of Romanian Jews Other Ecological Movement Ecologist Union of Romania Party Union of Patriots/National Popular Party National Reconstruction Party Party of Free Change Party of Young Free Democrats Republican Party (1993–2004) Republican Party (1990–1993) Transylvania–Banat League Alliances Alliance for Romanian Unity Alliance PSD+PC Centre Left Alliance Centre Right Alliance Christian Liberal Alliance Democratic Group of the Centre Federation of Socialist Parties from Romania Front of Socialist Unity and Democracy Green Ecologist Party Hungarian German Bloc Justice and Truth Alliance National Liberal Ecologist Alliance National Union PSD+PUR People's Democratic Front Red Quadrilateral Right Romania Alliance Romanian Democratic Convention Social Democratic Pole of Romania Social Democratic Union Social Liberal Union USR PLUS
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Ideology	Dacianism Dacology Irredentism Legionarism Neo-Legionarism National communism Poporanism Protochronism
Events	Revolt of Horea, Cloșca and Crișan Moldavian Revolution of 1848 Wallachian Revolution of 1848 Great National Assembly of Alba Iulia Bridge of Flowers Unifications Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia Union of Bessarabia with Romania Union of Bukovina with Romania Union of Transylvania with Romania Great Union Greater Romania
Figures	Vlad the Impaler Stephen the Great Michael the Brave Alexandru Ioan Cuza Carol I of Romania Ferdinand I of Romania
Political parties	Current Greater Romania Party New Generation Party Noua Dreaptă People's Movement Party National Identity Bloc in Europe Alliance for the Union of Romanians Romanian Nationhood Party Social Democratic Party Romanian Socialist Party (2003) National Liberal Party Alliance for the Homeland Romanian Village Party S.O.S. Romania Former Romanian National Party Democratic Nationalist Party Bessarabian Peasants' Party Democratic Union Party National Italo-Romanian Cultural and Economic Movement National Romanian Fascio National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875) Romanian Communist Party National Fascist Movement National-Christian Defense League Iron Guard National Liberal Party-Brătianu National Socialist Party Crusade of Romanianism Romanian Front Romanian National Unity Party Socialist Party of Labour Everything For the Country Party People's Party – Dan Diaconescu United Romania Party
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Popular culture	Songs "Cântă cucu-n Bucovina" "Dac-am plecat, Ardealule, din tine" "Deșteaptă-te, române!" "Doamne, ocrotește-i pe români" "Drum bun" "Hora Unirii" "Pe-al nostru steag e scris Unire" "Pui de lei" "Treceți, batalioane române, Carpații" "Trei culori" Phrases "Bessarabia, Romanian land"
Nationalists	Ion Antonescu Nicolae Ceaușescu Corneliu Zelea Codreanu Mihai Eminescu Doina Nicolae Iorga Nicolae Petrescu-Comnen Horia Sima Corneliu Vadim Tudor
Policies	Aromanian question Re-latinization of Romanian Romanianization
Related topics	Anti-Romanian sentiment Bessarabian question Moldovenism Unification of Moldova and Romania

v t e Unification of Moldova and Romania
Background	Principality of Moldavia Russo-Turkish War of 1806–1812 Treaty of Bucharest of 1812 Bessarabian question Unification of Moldavia and Wallachia Southern Bessarabia Russian Revolution Sfatul Țării Moldavian Democratic Republic Union of Bessarabia with Romania Great Union Greater Romania Soviet occupation of Bessarabia Moldavian SSR National Patriotic Front Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Post-Soviet developments	Independence of Moldova Controversy over ethnic and linguistic identity in Moldova Moldovenism 1994 Moldovan referendum Romanian accession to NATO Romanian accession to the European Union April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests 2015–2016 protests in Moldova Day of the Union of Bessarabia with Romania
Supporters	Moldova Parties Alliance for the Union of Romanians Antimafia Popular Movement Christian-Democratic People's Party Democracy at Home Party Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Mișcarea Politică Unirea Liberal Party National Liberal Party Romanian Popular Party Save Bessarabia Union National Unity Party Popular Front of Moldova Unionist Movement of the Republic of Moldova Figures Vlad Bilețchi Dorin Chirtoacă Ion Costaș Vlad Filat Pavel Filip Mihai Ghimpu Vladimir Plahotniuc Maia Sandu Mircea Snegur Ion Sturza Octavian Țîcu Romania Parties Alliance for the Union of Romanians National Identity Bloc in Europe Greater Romania Party Noua Dreaptă United Romania Party People's Movement Party Romanian Nationhood Party S.O.S. Romania Figures Dan Barna Traian Băsescu Dacian Cioloș Klaus Iohannis Ludovic Orban Victor Ponta George Simion Eugen Tomac
Opponents	Moldova Parties Collective Action Party – Civic Congress Electoral Bloc of Communists and Socialists Party of Communists of the Republic of Moldova Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova Greater Moldova Party Party of Regions of Moldova Renato Usatîi Electoral Bloc Our Party Motherland Party Șor Party Figures Vlad Batrîncea Igor Dodon Vadim Krasnoselsky Andrei Sangheli Ilan Șor Vasile Stati Irina Vlah Vladimir Voronin Renato Usatîi
Unionist initiatives	Action 2012 "Bessarabia, Romanian land" Centenary of the Great Union Alliance for the Centenary Centenary March 2018 unification declarations Youth of Moldova
See also	Moldova–European Union relations Moldova–NATO relations Moldova–Romania relations Romanian nationality law Transnistria conflict

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