The AUR Alliance was officially founded on 24 January 2023, the
Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities. Initially, the alliance consisted of the
Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) led by
George Simion, the
Republican Party of Romania (PRR) led by
Marian Cucșa, and the
National Peasant Alliance (ANȚ) led by
Radu Ghidău. Party leaders said their common goal was to "return Romania to where it deserves to be" and win the 2024 elections. On 14 November 2023, at an AUR press conference,
Lidia Vadim Tudor (the daughter of the
Corneliu Vadim Tudor), former Minister
Ilan Laufer (
FIN party leader), businessman
Muhammad Murad, entrepreneurs
Sorin Constantinescu and
Sorin Ilieșiu, as well as deputies
Florică Calotă,
Daniel Forea,
Dumitru Viorel Focșa and senators
Ovidiu Iosif Florean,
Călin Gheorghe Matieș and
Vasilică Potecă announced that they are joining AUR Alliance for the 2024 elections. On 21 November 2023, George Simion announced that the
Romanian Village Party and the
National Rebirth Alliance would join the AUR Alliance. On 14 December 2023,
Romanian National Conservative Party (PNCR), led by
MEP Cristian Terheș since 12 December 2023, and the
National Unity Bloc (BUN) party led by
Dorel Vulpoiu, joined the AUR Alliance. On 1 March 2024,
Ilan Laufer announced that his FIN party was leaving the AUR Alliance. Laufer claimed that the
George Simion's AUR Alliance and was created "to illegally transfer members of its member parties to the
AUR Party, which is an attempt to eliminate sovereigntist parties from the Alliance with the clear aim of confiscating and destroying the nationalist and sovereigntist movement in Romania". On 2 March 2024, the National Peasant Alliance also announced its withdrawal from the AUR Alliance. The ANȚ leader explained the reason for leaving the alliance as "totalitarian tendencies and dictatorial leadership style" of George Simion. The
Romanian Village Party also left the AUR alliance before the 2024
local and
European elections. In April 2024, PNCR leader
MEP Cristian Terheș became the leader of the AUR Alliance list for the
2024 European Parliament election in Romania. ==Member parties==