Save Romania Union
Save Romania Union Uniunea Salvați România | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | USR |
| Leader | Dominic Fritz |
| Leader in the Senate | Ștefan Pălărie |
| Leader in the Chamber of Deputies | Liviu Moșteanu |
| Founder | Nicușor Dan |
| Founded | 21 August 2016 |
| Preceded by | Save Bucharest Union |
| Headquarters | Blvd. Aviatorilor 9, Bucharest |
| Youth wing | USR Youth |
| Membership (2025) | 19,095 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | Centre to centre-right |
| National affiliation | USR PLUS (2019–2021) United Right Alliance (2023–2024) |
| European affiliation | Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe |
| European Parliament group | Renew Europe |
| Colours | Blue Red |
| Senate | 19 / 134 |
| Chamber of Deputies | 40 / 330 |
| European Parliament | 2 / 33 |
| Mayors | 46 / 3,176 |
| County Councilors | 62 / 1,340 |
| Local Councilors | 1,207 / 39,900 |
| Website | |
| usr.ro | |
The Save Romania Union (Romanian: Uniunea Salvați România, USR) is a liberal political party in Romania. It is the fourth-largest party in the Parliament of Romania, holding 40 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 20 in the Senate. The party was founded following the success of the Save Bucharest Union (USB) party in the 2016 local elections.
After being officially registered as a political party in 2016, it united with the local USB and Union for Codlea parties, thus gaining most of its initial membership base from the two latter parties.
Between 2016 and 2020, it was the third largest political party in the Romanian Parliament after the 2016 legislative elections and ran on an anti-corruption platform. In 2019, it established a political alliance with the Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party (PLUS) led by former technocratic Prime Minister Dacian Cioloș which it eventually absorbed in 2021. Dacian Cioloș, who was also subsequently elected president of the party but who resigned in the meantime from this position, left the USR with a group of followers (most notably several MEPs) in late May 2022 in order to form his own party called REPER.