Alliance for the Union of Romanians

The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (Romanian: Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor, AUR) is a right-wing populist to far-right political party activating in Romania, with a branch in the neighbouring Republic of Moldova too. It was founded in 2019 by George Simion and Claudiu Târziu and as of 2026, it is the second largest party in both chambers of the Parliament of Romania, namely the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies.

The party was founded in order to take part in the 2020 local and parliamentary elections in Romania, its main leader Simion formerly candidating in the 2019 European election in Romania as an independent candidate, failing to obtain a place as he did not receive the required number of votes. Despite almost no success localy, the party unexpectedly obtained 9% of the votes in the parliamentary elections, making it the fourth largest party in the Parliament. Four years later, it obtained 18% of the votes, making it the second largest party.

AUR's manifesto aims for the unification of all Romanians, particularly focusing on the union of Moldova and Romania. The AUR logo itself represents a map of Romania composed of a line depicting the actual border of the country and eight stars that are overextended in the right part as to include Moldova within that border too. George Simion has also been regularly seen in public wearing a pin with the map of the Kingdom of Romania at its epicenter, between 1918 and 1940. Due to the promoted actions and speech from its members, the party has been described as conservative, far-right, fascist or neo-fascist (particularly neo-Legionary), pro-Russian, pro-Israel and as promoting anti-Hungarian sentiment.

The party further states its four pillars are family, nation, Christian faith, and liberty and has close ties with the Romanian Orthodox Church.