Civic Force

Civic Force (Romanian: Forța Civică, FC) was a political party in Romania. It was founded in 2004 by former Mayor of Bucharest Viorel Lis (formerly affiliated with the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party or PNȚCD throughout his term). Its last president was former Prime Minister Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu, elected at the September 2012 party congress until 2014 when the party was absorbed by the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).

Civic Force Forța Civică
President	Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu
Secretary-General	Ștefan Pirpiliu
Founder	Viorel Lis
Founded	2004 (as Christian Party) 2008 (as PFC)
Dissolved	2014
Merged into	Democratic Liberal Party
Headquarters	Bucharest
Youth wing	Civic Force Youth
Pensioner's wing	Civic Force Pensioner League
Ideology	Christian democracy
National affiliation	Right Romania Alliance (2012)
European affiliation	None
International affiliation	None
Colours	Blue and white

History

Civic Force (FC) was founded in 2004 by former Bucharest mayor, Viorel Lis (who was previously a member of the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party or PNȚCD for short), under the name 'Christian Party' (Romanian: Partidul Creștin). In 2007, Adrian Iurașcu became the president of the party, after which the party adopted its current name. In 2009, FC ran for the European Parliament elections of that year, but failed to win any seats.

In 2012, former Prime Minister Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu was elected president. For the 2012 parliamentary elections, FC joined the Right Romania Alliance (ARD), an electoral alliance with other centre-right opposition parties, namely the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) and the Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD). Furthermore, the party also applied to become a member of the European People's Party (EPP). Through ARD's list during the legislative election held in that year, FC gained three deputy seats (more specifically Dan Cristian Popescu, Dănuț Culețu, and Cristian Roman) and a senator seat (namely party president Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu). Eventually, in July 2014, the Civic Force was absorbed by the Democratic Liberal Party (PDL).

Notable former members

• Mihai Răzvan Ungureanu – president of Civic Force, senator 2012–2015, Prime Minister 2012, Minister of Foreign Affairs 2004–2007, former PNL member 2004–2007;
• Adrian Iurașcu – prime-vice-president of Civic Force, president of Civic Force 2007–2012, leader of CDR elected from civil society 1996–2000;
• Dan Cristian Popescu – vice-president of Civic Force, deputy 2012–present, president of PNL Sector 1 2007–2012 (expelled from PNL in 2012);
• Dănuț Culețu – president of Civic Force Constanța, deputy 2012–present, prefect of Constanța 2005–2009 (left PNL in 2010).

Electoral history

Legislative elections

Election	Chamber			Senate			Position	Aftermath
	Votes	%	Seats	Votes	%	Seats
2012	1,223,189	16.52	3 / 412	1,239,318	16.71	1 / 176	2nd  (within ARD)1	Opposition to USL government (2012–2014)
							Opposition to PSD-UNPR-UDMR-PC government (2014)

Notes:

¹ Right Romania Alliance (ARD) members: PDL (22 senators and 52 deputies), Civic Force, and PNȚCD (1 senator and 1 deputy).

European elections

Election	Votes	Percentage	MEPs	Position	EU Party	EP Group
2007	did not compete				—	—
2009	19,436	0.40%	0 / 33	9th	—	—
2014	145,181	2.60%	0 / 32	9th	—	—