{"id":7612,"date":"2025-11-07T14:00:27","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7612"},"modified":"2025-11-07T14:00:27","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T14:00:27","slug":"romanian-social-democrats-elect-new-leadership-only-one-candidate-running-for-party-leader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=7612","title":{"rendered":"Romanian Social Democrats elect new leadership, only one candidate running for party leader"},"content":{"rendered":"

Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party\u2019s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu<\/strong>, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu’s resignation<\/a> in May.<\/p>\n

In his speech at the congress, Sorin Grindeanu stated that he no longer wants \u201ca reactive, fragile PSD that only responds to attacks.\u201d He also stated that the party must not forget its identity.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want a PSD that sets the tone, that has solutions and offers real hope. I no longer want a PSD that is ashamed in front of the Right\u2019s criticism,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Grindeanu, a close ally of former prime minister Marcel Ciolacu, who has been a party member since 1996, boasted the party\u2019s achievements, naming former leaders in attendance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have Mr. Adrian N\u0103stase, during whose term Romania entered NATO. We have Mr. Mircea Geoan\u0103, during whose term Romania entered the European Union. We have Mr. Victor Ponta, during whose term Romania\u2019s economic and social course changed. And we have Mr. Marcel Ciolacu, during whose term Romania entered Schengen,\u201d Grindeanu said.<\/p>\n

During the congress, the PSD members unanimously adopted amendments to the party statute. It provides for an increase in the number of leadership positions, that is, five first vice presidents instead of one, and 20 vice presidents.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Moreover, the party decided to erase the term \u201cprogressive party\u201d from the statute. Henceforth, PSD promises to promote \u201cnational, religious, traditional values,\u201d in a more conservative shift, away from other Social Democratic parties in Europe.<\/p>\n

The party congress also served as an opportunity to reshuffle factions inside the leadership structure. Once an influential leader, Paul St\u0103nescu will no longer be part of the future leadership of the Social Democratic Party, after holding the position of secretary general for 6 years. He is replaced by MEP Claudiu Manda, husband of Craiova mayor Olgu\u021ba Vasilescu.<\/p>\n

Also part of the new leadership are Corneliu \u0218tefan (president of D\u00e2mbovi\u021ba County Council), Bogdan Ivan (energy minister), Gheorghe \u0218oldan (president of Suceava County Council), Victor Negrescu (MEP, vice president of European Parliament), and Ionu\u021b Pucheanu (Galati mayor).<\/p>\n

Daniel B\u0103lu\u021b\u0103, PSD candidate for the Bucharest City Hall, took over as head of the party’s Bucharest branch from Gabriela Firea, who is now regional vice president for Bucharest-Ilfov.<\/p>\n

Former leaders also had comments for the press. Marcel Ciolacu stated before the congress began that he sees a new government coalition without the reformist center-right party, Save Romania Union, or USR. Adrian N\u0103stase, who was jailed in 2014 for corruption, added that president Nicu\u0219or Dan disappointed his voters, according to Digi24<\/a>.<\/p>\n

radu@romania-insider.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

(Photo source:\u00a0Inquam Photos | Alexandru Nechez)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Representatives of the ruling Social Democratic Party, PSD, gathered for a congress in Bucharest on Friday, November 7, to elect new leadership and to amend the party\u2019s Statute. The only candidate for party leader is Sorin Grindeanu, who held the interim position after Marcel Ciolacu’s resignation in May. In his speech at the congress, Sorin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7612\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}