National Liberal Party (Moldova)
Political party in Moldova
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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.
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2000 (merged into AMN)
2006 (refounded on 16 December)
National Liberal Party Partidul Național Liberal | |
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| Abbreviation | PNL |
| President | Mihai Severovan (acting) |
| Founded | 1993 2000 (merged into AMN) 2006 (refounded on 16 December) |
| Headquarters | 6 Calea Ieșilor Street, Chișinău |
| Ideology | National liberalism Conservative liberalism Moldovan–Romanian unionism Pro-Europeanism |
| Political position | Centre-right |
| National affiliation | Union Political Movement (2020–2021) |
| Colours | Yellow, blue |
| Parliament | 0 / 101 |
| District Presidents | 0 / 32 |
| Website | |
| pnl.md/ | |
Political agenda
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 parties of the Union Political Movement (MPU), a political bloc established purposely for the unification of Moldova and Romania.[1][2]
Electoral history
| Election | Votes | % | Parliament | Position | Government |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 163,513 | 9.21 (as BȚI)1 | 11 / 104 |
3rd | Parliamentary opposition |
| 1998 | 36,344 | 2.24 (as ADF)2 | 0 / 101 |
7th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2001 | 44,548 | 2.8 | 0 / 101 |
6th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2005 | 444,377 | 28.5 (as EBDM)3 | 34 / 101 |
2nd | Parliamentary opposition |
| 2009 (April) | Did not participate | Extra-parliamentary election | |||
| 2009 (July) | |||||
| 2010 | 10,938 | 0.64 | 0 / 101 |
8th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2014 | 6,859 | 0.43 | 0 / 101 |
13th | Extra-parliamentary opposition |
| 2019 | 3,375 | 0.24 | 0 / 101 |
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.
