Alliance for the Union of Romanians
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The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (Romanian: Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor, AUR) is a right-wing populist political party in Romania and Moldova. It was founded in 2019 ahead of the 2020 Romanian local and parliamentary elections. The party president is George Simion. The party ran in the local elections, obtaining less than 1% nationwide. However, in the parliamentary election, AUR won 9% of the vote, thus becoming the fourth-largest party in the country at the central level, which surprised observers. In the 2024 parliamentary election, the party received 18% of the vote, becoming the second largest party. AUR's stated goal is the unification of all Romanians, in practice meaning advocacy for a unification of Moldova and Romania, and support of the Romanian diaspora abroad. It has been described as supporting anti-vaccination ideas and being fascist or neo-fascist, Magyarophobic, conservative, pro-Russian, and pro-Israel. The party states that its four main pillars are "family, nation, Christian faith, and liberty". It has close ties with the Romanian Orthodox Church. The party has been described as being right-wing, as well as far-right.