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{{Infobox political party
| name             = New Right
| native_name      = Noua Dreaptă
| logo             = Noua Dreaptă 2023 logo.svg
| colorcode        = {{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}
| abbreviation     = ND
| leader           = Constantin Nechita
| general_secretary = 
| spokesperson     = 
| foundation       = {{Start date|2000}} (as [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]])<br>{{Start date|2015}} (as [[Political party|party]])
| headquarters     = [[Bucharest]]
| ideology         = {{ubl|class=nowrap|[[Neo-Legionarism]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.riseproject.ro/noua-dreapta-isi-face-partid/ | title=Extremiștii de la Noua Dreaptă își fac partid • Rise Project | date=8 July 2015 }}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090226175701/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2008/eur/119100.htm "2008 Country Reports on Human Rights Practices: Romania"], US Department of State, February 25, 2009</ref>
*[[Clerical fascism]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.dezvaluiri.ro/fascistii-de-la-noua-dreapta-vor-miting-impotriva-homosexualilor-la-constanta/ | title=Fasciștii de la Noua Dreaptă vor miting împotriva homosexualilor, la Constanța | date=10 October 2018 }}</ref>
*[[Romanian nationalism|Romanian]] [[ultranationalism]]<ref name="Radio Europa Liberă">{{cite news | url=https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/intre-legionarism-deghizat-si-nationalism-autoritar/29121256.html | title=Între legionarism deghizat şi naţionalism-autoritar | publisher=Radio Europa Liberă | date=26 March 2018 | last1=Totok | first1=William }}</ref>
*[[Greater Romania|Romanian irredentism]]<ref name="Radio Europa Liberă" />
*[[Christian fundamentalism]]

*[[Hard Euroscepticism]]<ref name="Radio Europa Liberă" />
*[[Anti-Western sentiment]]
*[[Anti-Hungarian sentiment]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hungarytoday.hu/romanian-ultra-nationalists-establish-anti-hungarian-far-right-political-party-98383/ | title=Romanian Ultra-Nationalists Establish Anti-Hungarian, Far-Right Political Party | date=5 November 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Anti-communism]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.opiniatimisoarei.ro/tinerii-nationalisti-banateni-de-la-noua-dreapta-timisoara-i-au-omagiat-pe-eroii-rezistentei-anticomuniste/17/07/2012 | title=Tinerii nationalisti banateni de la Noua Dreapta Timisoara i-au omagiat pe Eroii Rezistentei Anticomuniste &#124; OpiniaTimisoarei.ro | date=17 July 2012 }}</ref>
*[[Criticism of Islam|Anti-Islam]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://m.islam-today.ru/novosti/2015/08/13/sobornaa-mecet-v-buhareste-razdrazaet-islamofobov/ | title=Соборная мечеть в Бухаресте раздражает исламофобов }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.napocanews.ro/2016/03/noua-dreapta-avertizeaza-dur-pe-klaus-iohannis-declaratiile-facute-in-turcia-cu-privire-la-construirea-celei-mai-mari-moschei-dovedesc-un-servilism-rusinos-protestele-vor-continua.html | title=Noua Dreaptă avertizează dur pe Klaus Iohannis: "Declarațiile făcute în Turcia cu privire la construirea celei mai mari moschei dovedesc un servilism ruşinos. Protestele vor continua" &#124; NapocaNews | date=24 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://adevarul.ro/stiri-interne/evenimente/manifestatie-impotriva-construirii-mega-moscheii-1639061.html | title=Manifestaţie împotriva construirii Mega Moscheii la Bucureşti. Mitingul a fost organizat de Noua Dreaptă | date=20 July 2015 }}</ref>
*[[Anti-immigration]]<ref name="Radio Europa Liberă" /><ref>{{cite web | url=https://ziare.com/stiri/proteste/noua-dreapta-iese-n-strada-impotriva-refugiatilor-miting-la-universitate-1393858 | title=Noua Dreapta iese-n strada impotriva refugiatilor: Miting miercuri, la Universitate }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.radiomures.ro/stiri/mars-organizat-de-noua-dreapta-la-cluj-napoca.html | title=Marş organizat de Noua Dreaptă la Cluj-Napoca | date=13 March 2016 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.politicaromaneasca.ro/stiri/mars-organizat-de-noua-dreapta-impotriva-imigratiei-id25024.html | title=Marş organizat de Noua Dreaptă împotriva imigrației }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.napocanews.ro/2016/03/partidul-noua-dreapta-se-opune-colonizarii-la-galati-a-imigrantilor-din-grecia-si-italia.html | title=Partidul Noua Dreaptă se opune colonizării la Galaţi a imigranţilor din Grecia şi Italia &#124; NapocaNews | date=2 March 2016 }}</ref>
*[[Right-wing antiglobalism|Anti-globalism]]<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.napocanews.ro/2019/08/melodie-rap-dedicata-unui-partid-nationalist-noua-dreapta.html | title=Melodie rap dedicată unui partid naționalist – Noua Dreaptă &#124; NapocaNews | date=15 August 2019 }}</ref>
*[[Anti-LGBT]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.g4media.ro/foto-marsul-normalitatii-organizat-de-noua-dreapta-cateva-sute-de-participanti-unii-imbracati-in-port-popular-purtand-icoane-si-pancarte-cu-mesaje-anti-lgbt-dar-si-impotriva-pers.html|title=FOTO "Marşul Normalităţii" organizat de Noua Dreaptă: Câteva sute de participanţi, unii îmbrăcaţi în port popular, purtând icoane şi pancarte cu mesaje anti-LGBT, dar şi împotriva persoanelor publice care susţin comunitatea LGBT|date=14 August 2021}}</ref>
*[[Antiziganism]]<ref name="Radio Europa Liberă" />
*[[Antisemitism]]<ref name="Radio Europa Liberă" /><ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23919091|jstor=23919091|title=Anti-Semitic Media in Post-Communist Romania |last=Vago|first=Raphael|journal=Kesher |year=2003|issue=33|pages=108–115}}</ref>}}
| position         = [[Far-right politics|Far-right]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uMkEZnJQHksC&q=Noua+Dreapt%C4%83+FAR+RIGHT&pg=PA208|title=Against all expectations|access-date=5 July 2014|author=Uwe Backes, Patrick Moreau|date=2012|publisher=The Extreme Right in Europe: Current Trends and Perspectives|isbn=9783647369228}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|language=fr|title=Gay pride à Bucarest sur fond de mouvement anti-mariages homosexuels|publisher=Le Point|date=25 June 2016|url=https://www.lepoint.fr/monde/gay-pride-a-bucarest-sur-fond-de-mouvement-anti-mariages-homosexuels-25-06-2016-2049727_24.php|access-date=24 October 2018}}</ref>
| religion         = [[Romanian Orthodox Church]]
| slogan           = Orthodoxy and Nationalism<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ghirda |first1=Vadim |last2=Gera |first2=Vanessa |date=22 August 2021 |title=Romania's LGBT community sees gains, ongoing rights struggle |url=https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/romanias-lgbt-community-sees-gains-ongoing-rights-struggle-79585735 |publisher=ABC News |agency=Associated Press |access-date=7 September 2022}}</ref>
| national         = [[National Identity Bloc in Europe]]
| international    = 
| european         = [[Alliance for Peace and Freedom]]
| europarl         = 
| colours          = {{color box|{{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}|border=darkgray}} Green<br>{{color box|white|border=darkgray}} White
| seats1_title     = [[Senate of Romania|Senate]]
| seats1           = {{Composition bar|0|136|{{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}}}
| seats2_title     = [[Chamber of Deputies of Romania|Chamber of Deputies]]
| seats2           = {{Composition bar|0|330|{{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}}}
| seats3_title     = [[European Parliament]]
| seats3           = {{Composition bar|0|33|{{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}}}
| seats4_title     = Mayors
| seats4           = {{Composition bar|0|3176|{{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}}}
| seats5_title     = [[Counties of Romania|County]] Councilors
| seats5           = {{Composition bar|0|1340|{{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}}}
| seats6_title     = Local Council Councilors
| seats6           = {{Composition bar|2|39900|{{party color|Noua Dreaptă}}}}
| flag             = [[File:Noua Dreaptă flag.svg|border|200px]]
| website          = {{URL|https://nouadreapta.org/}}
| country          = Romania
}}

[[Image:Noua dreapta sticker constanta.jpg|right|thumb|250px|A [[political]] [[sticker]] displaying the [[Celtic cross]] and the words "identitate națională, revoluție spirituală" (''national identity, spiritual revolution'').]]

'''''Noua Dreaptă''''' ({{langx|en|The New Right}}) is an [[Ultranationalism|ultranationalist]], [[Far-right politics|far-right]] organization in Romania and [[Moldova]], founded in 2000. The party claims to be the successor to the far-right [[Iron Guard]], with its aesthetics and ideology being directly influenced by the fascist movement and its leader, [[Corneliu Zelea Codreanu]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://moldova.europalibera.org/a/intre-legionarism-deghizat-si-nationalism-autoritar/29121256.html|title=Între legionarism deghizat şi naţionalism-autoritar|publisher=Radio Europa Liberă|date=26 March 2018 |last1=Totok |first1=William }}</ref> 

Proclaiming itself as "radical, militant, nationalist and Christian Orthodox", ''Noua Dreaptă'' supports a [[Unification of Moldova and Romania|merger of Romania and Moldova]].<ref>{{cite news |date=December 20, 2011 |title=The far-right undertones of Romanian politics |url=https://www.dw.com/en/the-far-right-undertones-of-romanian-politics/a-15613424 |access-date=2022-05-28 |publisher=Deutsche Welle |language=en-GB}}</ref>

==Beliefs==
[[File:Logo of the Noua Dreaptă.png|150x150px|thumb|right|Former party logo]]
[[File:Flag of New Right (Romania).svg|250x250px|thumb|right|Former party flag]]
The group's beliefs include militant [[ultranationalism]] and strong [[Romanian Orthodox Church|Orthodox Christian]] religious convictions. Noua Dreaptă's website<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nouadreapta.org/ |title=Partidul Noua Dreaptă |website=nouadreapta.org |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831140118/http://www.nouadreapta.org/ |archive-date=31 August 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref> indicates opposition to: [[sexual minority|sexual minorities]], [[Romani people|Roma]], [[abortion]], [[communism]], [[globalization]], the [[European Union]], [[NATO]], religious groups other than the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]], race-mixing, territorial autonomy for Romania's ethnic [[Hungarians in Romania|Hungarian minority]] and immoderate cultural import (including some [[American culture]], [[manele|''manele'' music]], and the celebration of [[Valentine's Day]] and [[Halloween]]).  They are against both Marxism and capitalism, following the [[third position]]ist ideology.

The members of ''Noua Dreaptă'' [[personality cult|revere]] the leader of the [[Iron Guard]] in the 1930s, [[Corneliu Zelea Codreanu]]. ''Noua Dreaptă'' members refer to him as "''Căpitanul''" ("The Captain"), which is what Codreanu's supporters called him during his lifetime.

==Affiliations==
''Noua Dreaptă'' was part of the European National Front, an umbrella group of far-right nationalist organizations, many of which can be characterized as [[Fascist]].  The ''Noua Dreaptă'' web site includes a column of "links of interest" to numerous extreme nationalist organizations throughout Europe, including the following:

* [[Party of the Danes|Danskernes Parti]] (Denmark)<ref>[http://danskernesparti.dk/archives/4647/ "Danskernes Parti besøgte Rumænien"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428071449/https://danskernesparti.dk/archives/4647|date=2016-04-28}}, in ''[[Corneliu Codreanus monument]]'' 3 December 2013 (in Romanian)</ref>
* [[FE-La Falange]] (Spain)
* [[National Democratic Party of Germany]] (Germany)
* [[Forza Nuova]] (Italy)
* [[Patriotic Alliance (Greece)|Patriotic Alliance]] (Greece)
* [[National Renovator Party]] (Portugal)
* [[Renouveau Français]] (France)
* [[Obraz (organization)|Srpski Obraz]] (Serbia)
* [[Nationale Alliantie]] (The Netherlands)
* [[Slovenska Pospolitost|Slovenská Pospolitosť]] (Slovakia)
* Mișcarea Național Creștină Moldova<ref>{{cite web |url=http://mncbasarabia.org/ |title=MNC |website=mncbasarabia.org |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110727091224/http://mncbasarabia.org/ |archive-date=27 July 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (Moldova)
* [[Nation Movement|Nation]] (Belgium)
* [[National Revival of Poland]] (Poland)
* Bulgarian National Alliance<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bg.bgns.net/ |title=Български Национален Съюз - Начало |website=bg.bgns.net |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100914164131/http://bg.bgns.net/ |archive-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (Bulgaria)
* [[Fiamma Tricolore]] (Italy)
* Russkii Obraz<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rus-obraz.net/en/ |title=Conception &#124; Russkiy Obraz (Russian Mode) |website=rus-obraz.net |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110103020824/http://www.rus-obraz.net/en/ |archive-date=3 January 2011 |url-status=dead}}</ref> (Russia)

''Noua Dreaptă'' is also reported{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}} to have had ties with the following political groups:

* [[Eurasian Youth Union]] (Russia)<ref>[http://www.tiras.ru/evrazija/8805-esm-i-rumynskie-neonacisty-obedinilis.html ЕСМ и румынские неонацисты объединились для борьбы против государства Украина], Lenta: Transdniestrian News Agency, 09/05/2009, accessed 15.05.2009</ref>
* [[International Third Position|England First]]
* [[National Power Unity|Nacionālā Spēka Savienība]] (Latvia)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140102064637/http://slovenskamladez.org/ Jednota Slovenskej Mládeže] (Slovakia)

As of 30 May 2018, Noua Dreaptă is a member of the [[Alliance for Peace and Freedom]]. The AFP is a far-right and [[ultranationalist]] [[European political party]] that also includes [[Forza Nuova]], [[National Democratic Party of Germany]], [[Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia]] and [[National Democracy (Spain)|National Democracy]] among others.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://apfeurope.com/2018/05/30/milan-congress-and-meeting/|title=Milan Congress and Meeting |publisher=APF |first=Jens|last=Pühse}}</ref>

==Extremist reputation==
[[Image:Legionary stamp.jpg|thumb|150px|Stamp bearing the symbol of the ''Iron Guard'' over a green cross that stood for one of its humanitarian ventures.]]

''Noua Dreaptă'' uses imagery associated with ''legionarism'', the ideology of the nationalist and anti-Semitic interwar [[Iron Guard]], which roughly paralleled the [[Fascism|Fascist]] and [[Nazism|Nazi]] movements in Italy and Germany, respectively. The group's symbol, for example — the [[Celtic cross]] (usually drawn on a green background) — is reminiscent of the insignia of the Iron Guard. Due to its imagery's uses and its methods, the party is sometimes described as [[Neo-Nazism|neo-Nazi]] by news outlets.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dw.com/en/romania-right-wing-extremists-target-german-mayor/a-60467705|title=Romania: Right-wing extremists target German mayor |publisher=Deutsche Welle |date=January 19, 2022}}</ref>

''Noua Dreaptă'' has aligned itself with organizations elsewhere in Europe with strongly [[Antisemitism|anti-Semitic]] views,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tau.ac.il/Anti-Semitism/asw2004/austria.htm|title=Support-Page}}</ref> although it has not focused its efforts against Romania's currently small [[History of the Jews in Romania|Jewish community]]. Rather, the group has concentrated its rhetoric and efforts against the [[Hungarian minority in Romania|ethnic Hungarians]], [[Romani people|Roma]] (Gypsies), [[Sexual minority|sexual minorities]]<ref>[http://www.nouadreapta.org/limbistraine_prezentare.php?idx=24&lmb=eng NOUA DREAPTA :: Pentru Dumnezeu, Neam si Tara !<!-- Bot generated title -->] (in English)</ref> and minority religious faiths.<ref>[https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/24429.htm 2003 International Religious Freedom Report (Romania)<!-- Bot generated title -->] — from U.S. State Department web site</ref>

Its anti-democratic and anti-constitutional views and statements made them a permanent target of surveillance by the Directorate for the Defense of the Constitution, a department of the [[Romanian Intelligence Service|domestic intelligence service]].{{citation needed|date=March 2011}}

==Political rallies==
In May 2006, dozens of ''Noua Dreaptă'' members were detained by police after protesting the [[Bucharest Pride|GayFest]] pride parade in Bucharest.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://today.reuters.com/News/CrisesArticle.aspx?storyId=L0393312 |title=World Crises |publisher=Reuters}}{{dead link|date=August 2023}}<!-- archive.org doesn't have it --></ref> Police also used tear gas to disperse counterprotesters led by individuals identified as ''Noua Dreaptă'' members.{{Citation needed|date=February 2007}}

On 15 March 2008, on the National Day of Hungary, ''Noua Dreaptă'' organized an anti-Hungarian rally in Cluj-Napoca — an action which, after group members attacked and beat an ethnic Hungarian celebrator, led [[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]] leader [[Béla Markó]] to criticize Cluj's mayor [[Emil Boc]] for approving it. In addition, two ethnic Hungarian members of the Romanian Parliament demanded the banning of ''Noua Dreaptă'' on the grounds that it continues Iron Guard's spirit.<ref>[http://evz.ro/articole/detalii-articol/795943/Noua-Dreapta-subiect-de-disputa-intre-Boc-si-UDMR/ "Noua Dreaptă, subiect de dispută între Boc şi UDMR"], in ''[[Evenimentul Zilei]]'' 17 March 2008 (in Romanian)</ref>

== Electoral history ==

[[File:Noua Dreaptă leader Tudor Ionescu.png|thumb|Tudor Ionescu, leader of the Noua Dreaptă party]]

=== Legislative elections ===

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! rowspan="2" |Election
! colspan="3" |[[Chamber of Deputies (Romania)|Chamber]]
! colspan="3" |[[Senate of Romania|Senate]]
! rowspan="2" |Position
! rowspan="2" |Aftermath
|-
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
!rowspan=3|[[2016 Romanian legislative election|2016]]
|rowspan=3; colspan=7; style="text-align: center;"|''did not compete''
| {{no2|Extra-parliamentary opposition to [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PSD]]-[[Alliance of Liberals and Democrats (Romania)|ALDE]] government}} (2017–2019)
|-
| {{no2|Extra-parliamentary opposition to [[Social Democratic Party (Romania)|PSD]] minority government}} (2019)
|-
| {{no2|Extra-parliamentary opposition to [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]] minority government}} (2019–2020)
|-
!rowspan=3| [[2020 Romanian legislative election|2020]]
|3,551
|0.06
|{{Composition bar|0|329|hex=#143F2E}}
|4,345
|0.07
|{{Composition bar|0|136|hex=#143F2E}}
|style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|Grey|29th}}
|{{no2|Extra-parliamentary opposition to [[National Liberal Party (Romania)|PNL]]-[[USR PLUS]]-[[Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania|UDMR]] government}} (2020–2021)
|}

=== Local elections ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: right;"
! rowspan="2"| Election
! colspan="3"| County Councilors (CJ)
! colspan="3"| Mayors
! colspan="3"| Local Councilors (CL)
! rowspan="2"| Popular vote
! rowspan="2"| %
! rowspan="2"| Position
|-
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!Votes
!%
!Seats
!Votes
!%
!Seats
|-
![[2016 Romanian local elections|2016]]
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|0|1434|hex=#143F2E}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|0|3186|hex=#143F2E}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{Composition bar|4|40067|hex=#143F2E}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
!style="text-align: center;"|N/A
|-
![[2020 Romanian local elections|2020]]
|colspan=2; style="text-align: center;"|''did not compete''
|{{Composition bar|0|1340|hex=#143F2E}}
|984
|0.01
|{{Composition bar|0|3176|hex=#143F2E}}
|2,056
|0.03
|{{Composition bar|2|39900|hex=#143F2E}}
|{{n/a}}
|{{n/a}}
!style="text-align: center;"|{{color box|Grey|73rd}}
|-
|}

==See also==
*[[Antiziganism]]
*[[Iron Guard]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180831140118/http://www.nouadreapta.org/ Noua Dreaptă official site]
*[http://www.nouadreapta.md/ Noua Dreapta Basarabia]
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