The USR announced on Monday that it had completed its internal process of nominating candidates for the European Parliament elections and presented the final list of members it wants to send to the European Union legislature, News.ro reported.

The official launch will take place on Friday, October 20, at the Council of the Alliance of European Liberals and Democrats (ALDE Europe), organized for the first time in Bucharest.

The list of USR will be opened by Elena Lasconi, Dan Barna, Vlad Voiculescu and Vlad Botos.

On September 15, the USR announced that its list for the European Parliament elections would be opened by them, approved by the party’s National Bureau on the proposal of President Katalin Drula.

The full list of candidates from the UDR in the elections to the European Parliament

The rest of the names on the expanded list, published on Monday, were determined by an internal vote of USR members:

5. Christina Prune;

6. Radu Mykhailo;

7. Corina Athanasiou;

8. Adriana Christian;

9. George Hyma;

10. Teodora Stoyan;

11. Ramona Gogh;

12. Alina Girbeya;

13. Geta Daniela Dragici;

14. Alina Totti;

15. Nikolay Mihai Schwab;

16. Emilia Mateescu;

17. Ion Belu;

18. Gabriela Ferguson;

19. Lucia Hang;

20. Dan Adrian Pope.

“USR will send people with experience in administration, European funds, foreign policy and negotiations to Brussels. The list of candidates for the European Parliament is another proof that USR offers Romania an honest and professional alternative on the political scene,” said Ketalin Drula on Monday.

USR also noted in a statement published on the party’s website that negotiations are currently underway to build a right-wing pillar with partners from the People’s Movement Party and Forţa Dreptei, a party founded in December 2021 by former PNL president Ludovic Orbán.

“Romania needs a third way that will unite the reformist forces in the fight against the corrupt PSD-PNL bloc and the extremism of the AUR. The purpose of negotiations with USR’s partners is to propose a joint list for the right-wing European Parliament elections,” states USR.