NEW GENERATION PARTY – CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC

The 'New Generation Party – Christian Democratic' (''Partidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat'', PNGCD; formerly ''Partidul Noua Generaţie'', PNG) is a nationalist, Christian democratic political party in Romania. In the last legislative elections, on November 28, 2004, it won 2.2% of the popular vote but no seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate. Created in 2000 as a centrist grouping around former Mayor of Bucharest Viorel Lis, it was taken over in January 2004 by businessman Gigi Becali, who became its leader.

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Notable members

Controversies

References

External links

Notable members

★ Alex Mihai Stoenescu - vice president, historian.

★ Marian Oprea - vice president, talk-show host (on DDTV) and owner of Lumea (international politics magazine).

★ Dan Pavel - recent member, former advisor of Gigi Becali, political science professor.

★ Corneliu Ciontu - vice president, independent senator, former president and vice president of Greater Romania Party and People's Party.

Controversies

The New Generation Party – Christian Democratic has been suspected of having links with the neo-fascist organization Noua Dreaptă (dedicated to an Iron Guard revival). A former advisor of Becali, Dan Pavel, stated that "it followed that people from Noua Dreaptă would become the "spinal cord" [foundation] of the New Generation Party."^[1]
Noua Dreaptă denied any connection with PNG-CD and none of the leaders of Noua Dreaptă became a representative of PNG-CD.^[2]
The New Generation Party has been described by the United States Department of State as an "extreme nationalist party"^[3]

References

1. ''Noii legionari se laudă cu „cuiburi“ în toată ţara'' ("The new Legionnaires pride themselves with "nests" throughout the country"), in ''Gândul'', June 5, 2006
2. ''Comunicat de presă al Noii Drepte'' ("Noua Dreaptă press release"), January 1, 2005
3. International Religious Freedom Report 2006, US Department of State

External links

★ Official site

★ International