Talk:Democratic Party (Romania)

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Apparently, the Democrats are not socialists anymore... [1] bogdan | ^Talk 14:15, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

However they are not "populists" either, or at least they don't declare themselves as such :-) I'm sure there's a better term for their ideology. IulianU 21:27, 21 September 2005 (UTC)

They were never in any of those categories, not as socialists and especially not as populists. The best way to describe them is centre-left, as the PNL is centre-right and Alianţa D.A. is centrist. -Voievod 00:22, 19 March 2006 (UTC)

The PD is in no way centre-left. Since Boc has become its leader, it has becoming increasingly right-wing, as can be seen by its desire to create a "strong formation/pole of the right wing in Romania". I would be tempted to classify PD as firmly "right wing" and quite conservative and increasingly populist, but I think the best neutral classification is "centre-right". PNL can't really be classified on the left-right spectrum, since it is a liberal party akin to the Lib Dems of the UK. The DA Alliance doesn't really have a common ideology anymore, but it is broadly centrist (though I've read its policy in depth, and in the social sense, it is quite conservative right-wing, particularly on the separation between church and state). Ronline ✉ 09:59, 28 March 2006 (UTC)

Now that's a bit hard. I'm aware of the fact that the PNL has shifted from centre-right to centre (that's why I like them so much nowadays) and that the PD has shifted from centre-left to centre-right, but it's inaccurate to call right-wing. BTW, the PSD is much more socially conservative than the PD (PSD = Old Guard of the PCR/FSN) so you should cut the PD some slack. -- Voievod 19:13, 25 June 2006 (UTC)

Political programme

This article is deprived of any informations about the political programme of this party. There are no informations about their stance on economy (eg. differences between them and PNL) , position in culture wars (eg. views about abortion or same-sex marriage), or anything about foreign policy. I ask someone from Romania to write a few words about these issues. Ammon86 11:18, 6 April 2007 (UTC)

The problem is that the PD has a very vague stance on these issues. It is a party that lacks a clear ideology, in part because it is relatively modern (unlike the other parties which have a historical tradition). It was a social-democratic party (centre-left) at its foundation, but now identifies with the European People's Party (i.e. the centre right). The PD includes members that are both very conservative on social issues (many of them former Greater Romania Party members) as well as members that are very liberal. Due to its very rapid growth in popularity in the past two years, the party is perhaps the most diverse in terms of views. Their stance of the economy seems to be broadly pro-market, favouring further reform and European integration. Culturally, they have not articulated any united views on neither abortion nor same-sex marriage. Abortion is not a big political issue in Romania (like in many other EU countries) - it is legal and there is very little political debate about it.

The PD have not expressed a public view on same-sex marriage, and their record on gay rights mostly comes down to individual views of prominent members. So, for example, the Democrat-controlled Bucharest City Hall has approved gay pride parades in the last two years. The mayor of Bucharest, Adriean Videanu, who is also the executive president of the Democratic Party, was elusive when asked a question about same-sex marriage. Liviu Negoiţă, the Democrat mayor of Bucharest's Sector 3, stated that he would wed same-sex couples and that he respects the sexual preferences of everyone. On the other hand, the Democrat MEP Radu Tîrle made homophobic statements during Bucharest's 2007 GayFest. So, it's actually really hard to find some common party position on these issues, which is why the article doesn't mention them. Ronline ✉ 06:38, 13 July 2007 (UTC)

Merge proposal

i propose to merge the articles, because, technically, PD changed the name to PD-L, and then they merged with PLD! as a result, is not a new party, but the same party with the name changed. ES Vic (talk) 11:44, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

Seems like all other wikipedia, including the Romanian disagree that it is the same party. --Oddeivind (talk) 14:57, 18 June 2009 (UTC)

Page Update

The page is outdated and requires an update on the current position and values of the democratic party of Romania in the country's present political climate. Based on the other topics within this talk page, and update on this page would provide clarity the population of Romania that the respective democratic parties represent. Updating the page would be able to increase the status of the page and serve its wikipedic purpose of being an informative source.Kp1004 (talk) 13:29, 5 April 2020 (UTC)

Kp1004: Do you know about any reliable source we can use for the update? Thank you. --MarioGom (talk) 14:41, 6 April 2020 (UTC)