The PMP was created as a political foundation in March 2013 by supporters of then incumbent state president
Traian Băsescu, following his break with the leadership of the
Democratic Liberal Party (PDL) around former Senate president
Vasile Blaga. It was transformed into a political party in July 2013 and re-launched on 29 January 2014. The PMP identified itself as
Christian democratic and
liberal in 2013. Băsescu's daughter and MEP
Elena Băsescu. and former Foreign Minister and head of the presidential administration
Cristian Diaconescu. For the
November 2014 presidential election, the PMP nominated Elena Udrea. She was also endorsed by the
Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (PNȚCD). With 5.2% of the popular vote, she was placed fourth and did not qualify for the second round. The party asked its voters to endorse
Klaus Iohannis of the
National Liberal Party (PNL) in the runoff election. On 12 July 2016, Traian Băsescu announced that the
National Union for the Progress of Romania (UNPR) would merge with PMP on 20 July 2016. Subsequently, the union between the two parties failed and PMP lost several representatives both in the Senate and in the Chamber of Deputies. In the
2020 legislative election, due to poor presence at the polling stations (33.30%) caused by the
coronavirus pandemic, the party failed to earn 5% of the public vote and thereby failed to enter
parliament. The episode was controversial to say the least as the party was very close to the
threshold and had zero votes in several polling stations in which they had party representatives whose votes were nowhere to be found. As a result, the party contested the results and demanded recounting the votes in as many as 1,090 polling stations. Nonetheless, this demand was ultimately refused by the Central Electoral Bureau (, BEC). This failure led the party president,
Eugen Tomac, to resign from the party's leadership. After a party congress held on 7 March 2021,
Cristian Diaconescu was elected the new president and designated the party's candidate for the forthcoming
2024 Romanian presidential election. On 19 February 2022, Eugen Tomac returned to the presidency of the party. On 14 December 2023,
Save Romania Union (USR),
Force of the Right (FD) and the People's Movement Party officially announced the creation of a right-leaning
electoral alliance to contest in the 2024 elections. On 18 December, the alliance was formally named as
United Right Alliance (ADU). In the
2024 European Parliament election, the party's MEP Eugen Tomac was re-elected and subsequently joined
Renew Europe group together with USR MEPs. == Ideology ==