New Generation Party – Christian Democratic Partidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat
President	Gigi Becali
EP leader	Gigi Becali
Founded	2000 (2000)
Headquarters	Blănari Street, Bucharest, Romania
Ideology	Romanian nationalism, Christian democracy
International affiliation	None
European affiliation	None
Official colours	Green, white, and light blue
Seats in the Senate	0
Seats in the Chamber	0
Seats in the European Parliament	1
Website
www.png.ro
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The New Generation Party – Christian Democratic (Partidul Noua Generaţie - Creştin Democrat, PNGCD; formerly Partidul Noua Generaţie, PNG) is an extreme nationalist, Christian democratic political party in Romania.

Created in 2000 as a centrist grouping around former Mayor of Bucharest Viorel Lis, it was taken over in January 2004 by businessman Gigi Becali, who became its leader. It has since become more conservative and nationalist. In the 2004 legislative elections, PNG won 2.2% of the popular vote but no seats in the Chamber of Deputies and Senate.

[edit] Notable members

• Dan Pavel - executive president, former advisor of Gigi Becali, political science professor.
• Alex Mihai Stoenescu - vice president, historian.
• Marian Oprea - vice president, talk-show host (on DDTV) and owner of Lumea (international politics magazine).

[edit] Controversies

The New Generation Party – Christian Democratic has been suspected of having links with the neo-fascist organization Noua Dreaptă (dedicated to an Iron Guard revival). A former advisor of Becali, Dan Pavel, stated that "it followed that people from Noua Dreaptă would become the "spinal cord" [foundation] of the New Generation Party."^[1]

Noua Dreaptă denied any connection with PNG-CD and none of the leaders of Noua Dreaptă became a representative of PNG-CD.^[2]

The New Generation Party has been described by the United States Department of State as an "extreme nationalist party"^[3]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official site

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