Ruling Party Senator Joins Re-Established UNPR Group

The senator was elected on the lists of opposition party PMP at the 2016 parliamentary elections, but later left the party and joined the ruling PSD group after a brief stint as an independent.

The National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR), a former ruling coalition party during the Victor Ponta cabinets, was re-established as an independent entity last year following a failed merging process with PMP, which began several months before the 2016 elections. Oprea, who was previously the party’s leader before resigning in mid-2016, was re-elected as its chairman.