Alliance for the Union of Romanians
Alliance for the Union of Romanians Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor | |
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| Abbreviation | AUR |
| President | George Simion |
| General Secretary | Titus Păunescu |
| President of the Senate of AUR in Romania | Sorin Lavric |
| Leader in the Senate of Romania | Petrișor Peiu |
| Leader in the Chamber of Deputies | Mihai Enache |
| Party Leader in Moldova | Boris Volosatîi |
| Vice-President | Marius Lulea Valeriu Munteanu |
| Founders |
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| Founded | 19 September 2019 (Romania) 27 March 2021 (Moldova) |
| Youth wing | Tineret AUR (TAUR) |
| Charity and workers wing | Frăția Ortodoxă (2019–2022) |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Right-wing to far-right |
| Religion | Romanian Orthodox Church |
| National affiliation | AUR Alliance |
| European affiliation | European Conservatives and Reformists Party |
| European Parliament group | European Conservatives and Reformists Group |
| Colours | Gold |
| Slogan | Dreptate pentru România ('Justice for Romania') |
| Senate | 28 / 134 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 61 / 330 |
| European Parliament | 3 / 33 |
| Mayors (Romania) | 30 / 3,176 |
| County Councilors (Romania) | 159 / 1,340 |
| Local Council Councilors (Romania) | 3,527 / 39,900 |
| Parliament of Moldova | 0 / 101 |
| District Presidents (Moldova) | 0 / 32 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| partidulaur.ro | |
The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (Romanian: Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor, AUR) is a right-wing populist political party in Romania and Moldova. It was founded in 2019 ahead of the 2020 Romanian local and parliamentary elections. The party president is George Simion. The party ran in the local elections, obtaining less than 1% nationwide. However, in the parliamentary election, AUR won 9% of the vote, thus becoming the fourth-largest party in the country at the central level, which surprised observers. In the 2024 parliamentary election, the party recived 18% of the vote, becoming the second largest party.
AUR's stated goal is the unification of all Romanians, in practice meaning advocacy for unification of Moldova, and support of the Romanian diaspora abroad. It has been described as supporting anti-vaccination ideas and being fascist, Magyarophobic, conservative, pro-Russian, pro-Serbianand anti-Palestinian,.The party states that its four main pillars are "family, nation, Christian faith, and liberty". The party has been described as being right-wing, as well as far-right.