National Initiative Party

National Initiative Party
Partidul Inițiativa Națională
AbbreviationPIN[1]
PresidentLavinia Șandru
FoundedDecember 2006
DissolvedDecember 2011
Split fromPD
Merged intoUNPR[2]
HeadquartersCalea Victoriei 100, et.1, ap.16
Sector 1
Bucharest
IdeologySocial democracy[1]
Environmentalism[3]
Sovereignism[4]
Political positionCentre-left[5]
European affiliationEUDemocrats
Colours  Red
Seats in the Senate
0 / 136
Seats in the Chamber
0 / 330
Seats in the European Parliament
0 / 33
Website
www.nip.ro

The National Initiative Party (Romanian: Partidul Inițiativa Națională, PIN)[1] was a small social democratic[1] Romanian political party. It emerged after three Democratic Party (PD) MCDs were expelled form the party a few days after the Justice and Truth Alliance (DA) narrowly won the 2004 legislative election. The three members are: Cosmin Gușă, Lavinia Șandru, and Aurelian Pavelescu. In 2011, the party changed its name to the National Initiative Party - Ecologist (Romanian: Partidul Inițiativa Națională - Ecologist, Eco-PIN) in order to highlight the party's ideology.[6] The party merged into UNPR in December 2011.[7]

Its founding members were political analyst (Cosmin Gușă), member of UNPR (Lavinia Șandru), and had a dispute over the PNȚCD leadership (currently still held by Aurelian Pavelescu).

Electoral history

European elections

Election Votes Percentage MEPs Position EU Party EP Group
2007 124,829 2.43%
0 / 35
 10th  EUD
2009 did not compete EUD

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