Save Bessarabia Union ( ro, Uniunea Salvați Basarabia, USB), previously known as European Action Movement is a political party from

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. The party supportes the

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. On 21 July 2019, the party changed its name from European Action Movement to Save Bessarabia Union and elected Valeriu Munteanu as its new president.

Overview

The party was formed at the first congress on October 22, 2006. The first president was

Anatol Petrencu Anatol Petrencu (born 22 May 1954, Căuşeni) is a politician, historian and academic from the Republic of Moldova. In 1990-1992 he was the dean of the Faculty of History of the State University of Moldova, and between 1998 and 2006 he was presid ...

(October 22, 2006 – January 24, 2010). It merged into the

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(PL) in March, 2011. Valeriu Munteanu has been the president of the party since July 21, 2019. According to its statute, Save Bessarabia Union's main political objective focuses on the Unification of Romania and Moldova. USB's doctrine will be based on three fundamental pillars: * identity (ethno-lignuistic affiliation to the Romanian Nation); * family (traditional family); * allegiance (Christian orthodox allegiance). The USB is one of the founding members of Mișcarea Politică Unirea (MPU), a political party established for the

Notable former members

Veaceslav Untilă Veaceslav Untilă (born 15 June 1956) is a Moldovan politician. Biography Veaceslav Untilă was born on 15 June 1956 in the Codreanca village, Strășeni District, Moldavian Soviet Socialist Republic, USSR, to a family of teachers. He graduat ...

Iurie Colesnic Iurie Colesnic (born 12 August 1955 in Dereneu, Călăraşi) is a technical literature corrector, former publishing director, literary historian, politician and writer of the Republic of Moldova. Biography Iurie Colesnic was born on 12 August ...

Electoral results

Legislative elections

Bibliography

Statutul MAE

Echipa şi platforma electorală

References

External links

Save Bessarabia Union official site

Anatol Petrenco - site personal
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