The National Liberal Party (, PNL) is a political party in the Republic of Moldova. It was founded in 1993 but temporarily disappeared through political amalgamation in 2000 before being refounded in 2006.
Political agenda
The party supports the unification of the Republic of Moldova with Romania and shares copies the identity and ideology of the traditional party in neighbouring Romania. Nonetheless, very much unlike the Romanian PNL (which is dominant on the centre-right as well as Romania's second largest political party), the Moldovan PNL might actually be considered a micro party with respect to Moldovan politics. In addition to support for political union with Romania, as an interim measure, the PNL supports EU and NATO membership for Moldova. In early 2020, the PNL became one of the founding parties of the Union Political Movement (MPU), a political bloc established purposely for the unification of Moldova and Romania.
Electoral history Election Votes % Parliament Position Government 1994 163,513 9.21 (as BȚI)1 3rd 1998 36,344 2.24 (as ADF)2 7th 2001 44,548 2.8 6th 2005 444,377 28.5 (as EBDM)3 2nd 2009 (April) Did not participate rowspan=2 2009 (July) 2010 10,938 0.64 8th 2014 6,859 0.43 13th 2019 3,375 0.24 11th
Notes:
1 Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1334
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See also
Liberalism in Moldova Liberalism and radicalism in Romania National Liberal Party (Romania, 1875) Liberal parties by country
References
PNL leaflet - 1 PNL leaflet - 1
External links Official website