2024 European Parliament election in Romania

In the last European parliamentary elections, in 2019, PSD obtained 9 mandates. It was the weakest electoral result recorded by the PSD in its entire history, largely achieved due to the eurosceptic and nationalist rhetoric[2] that the party adopted during the leadership of Liviu Dragnea, the weakening rule of law and the encouragement of corruption. There followed a period when the party changed 2 presidents within a few months: Liviu Dragnea (27 May 2019)[3][4] and Viorica Dăncilă (November 2019). In November 2019, Marcel Ciolacu took over as interim president of the PSD and was later elected in 2020 by the congress.[5] Throughout Marcel Ciolacu's presidency, PSD tried to distance itself from eurosceptic rhetoric and wash its image as a party of corruption. From 2021, the PSD is one of the main governing parties alongside the National Liberal Party.[6][7]

National Liberal Party ranked first in the last European parliamentary elections, obtaining 10 mandates. The speeches of PNL leaders and candidates oscillated during the campaign between a focus on European policy topics and an emphasis on domestic politics and disputes with the governing coalition. Among the electoral promises were: raising the MCV, Romania's accession to the Schengen Area and the eurozone, improving the rule of law and investments by accessing european funds.

After the 2020 elections, the PNL entered the government together with the Save Romania Union and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania,[8] a coalition that will last until September 2021.[9] Throughout 2021, tensions have increased within the PNL, with the party's president Ludovic Orban being challenged by high-ranking people from the PNL. At the September 2021 congress, Florin Cîțu won the party presidency over Ludovic Orban.[10] However, Cîțu will not remain president for long, in April 2022, Nicolae Ciucă becoming the new president.[11] Following the loss of the party presidency by Ludovic Orban and the political crisis of 2021, a new party, Force of the Right, split from PNL and was founded by Orban.[12]

Save Romania Union participated in the 2019 elections as 2020 USR PLUS Alliance,[13] an alliance between the parties USR and Freedom, Unity and Solidarity Party which will later merge, obtaining 8 MEP mandates. It was the best electoral result recorded by the USR since its establishment in 2016. The 2019 electoral campaign focused in particular on a pro-European rhetoric, and among the electoral offers were: protecting the rights of Romanians in the EU, Romania's accession to the Schengen Area, changes in education, agriculture and infrastructure and taking measures to increase social welfare. Also, in the rallies held during the election campaign, the message of the USR PLUS Alliance emphasized the fight against government power.

In 2020, USR PLUS entered government alongside the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania. In 2021, USR and PLUS officially merged, with the USR name being retained.[14] In September 2021, the exit of the USR from the government triggered a political crisis which was resolved by the entry of the PSD into the government alongside PNL and UDMR. In October 2021, the USR congress elected Dacian Cioloș as president of the party,[15] he will not hold the position for long, but in February 2022 he will leave the post of president and the party.[16] Later Cătălin Drulă was elected president.[17]

In January 2023, USR MEP Nicolae Ștefănuță announced his departure from the party and his affiliation with the Greens–European Free Alliance as an independent.[18]

Alliance for the Union of Romanians is a political party that was founded by the independent 2019 MEP candidate George Simion in December 2019. The unexpected entry of the AUR into the Romanian Parliament after the 2020 elections resulted in the emergence over time in the press of articles labeling AUR as a right-wing extremist party with an ultra-nationalist,[19][20] eurosceptic,[21] neo-legionary,[22][23][24] chauvinist and populist[25] rhetoric. From 2021, AUR plans to affiliate with the European Parliament group of European Conservatives and Reformists.[26]

In May 2022, Dacian Cioloș together with 4 other MEPs announced the launch of a new party, REPER, MEPs Dragoș Pîslaru, Ramona Strugariu, Alin Mituța and Dragoș Tudorache leaving USR and joining the new party.[27]

1. Elena Lasconi
2. Dan Barna
3. Vlad Voiculescu
4. Vlad Botoș
5. Cristina Prună
6. Radu Mihail
7. Corina Atanasiu
8. Adriana Cristian
9. George Gima
10. Teodora Stoian
11. Ramona Goga
12. Alina Gîrbea
13. Geta Daniela Drăghici
14. Alina Totti
15. Nicolae Mihai Șvab
16. Emilia Mateescu
17. Ion Belu
18. Gabriela Ferguson
19. Lucia Hang
20. Dan Adrian Pop
21. Lucian Judele
22. Raluca Bercea
23. Ciprian Alexandru
24. Andrei Chirica
25. Răzvan Socolov
26. Adrian Giurgiu
27. Sergiu Grui
28. Daniela Șarpe
29. Aurel Fierăscu
30. Alina Bălășcău
31. Alex Cozma
32. Silviu Andrei
33. Maria Udrescu
34. Mihai Zvîncă
35. Laurențiu Gheorghe
36. Liana Ursa
37. Florin Drăgulin
38. Ion-Marian Lazăr
39. Robert Voicu
40. Alexandru German
41. Irena Pleșoiu
42. Eusebiu Iftode
43. Ioan Bledea[29]

1. Cristian Terheș
2. Mugur Mihăescu
3. Monica Iagăr
4. Dan Tănasă
5. Claudiu Târziu
6. Gheorghe Piperea
7. Felicia Akkaya
8. Roxana Alexa
9. Adrian Axinia
10. Radu Baltasiu
11. Răzvan Biro
12. Ramona-Ioana Bruynseels
13. Paul Costea
14. Peter Costea
15. Ringo Dămureanu
16. Cristina-Emanuela Dascălu
17. Dragoș Dragoman
18. Elena Doboș
19. Cristina Dumitrescu
20. Mihai Enache
21. Raisa Enachi
22. Avram Fițiu
23. Tiberiu Floriș
24. Laura Gherasim
25. Veronica Grosu
26. Silviu Gurlui
27. Ramona-Paula Hotea
28. Mirela Irindea
29. Marius Lulea
30. Nicuşor-Cristian Mancaş
31. Dumitrina Mitrea
32. Elena-Viorica Năstăsoiu
33. Liviu Natea
34. Maria-Lăcrămioara Nicolescu
35. Vlad Olteanu
36. Luminiţa Fernandes
37. Simona-Maria Petcu
38. Ioan-Aurelian Popa
39. Mihai Silviu Popa
40. Şerban Dimitrie Sturza
41. Maria-Georgiana Teodorescu
42. Aurora Ursu
43. Selena Vîlcu
44. Nicolae Vlahu[30]