Save Romania Union Youth

USR Youth USR Tineret
President	Alexia Petrovai
Vice President	Adeline Petrovici Roberto David Radu Diaconu Ștefan Lontcovschi Alexandru Porcărașu Iustina Ardelean Alin Simionescu Ilinca Ghiza Andrei Grecu Daniel Korcsek Maria Kiss Alexandru Furtună Dan Sandu Raul Mihai
Founded	2019
Headquarters	Blvd. Aviatorilor, 9 Bucharest
Mother party	Save Romania Union (USR)
International affiliation	IFLRY (associate)
LYMEC affiliation	2019 (associate) [1] 2021 (full) [2]

USR Youth (Romanian: USR Tineret) is the youth organisation of the Save Romania Union (USR). It was created under Article 89 of the party statute. ^[3]

Leadership

From 2018 to 2020, the organisation had a decentralised structure and lacked a traditional hierarchical style of leadership, owing to its rather informal nature. A definitive statute was adopted in 2020, and an executive board was elected in May 2020. ^[4]

Alongside the president, directly elected by the organisation's members, there are 14 vice presidents assigned to the following portfolios: international relations, public policy, communication, human resources, civil society, and a final one tasked with managing the relationship with the rest of the party.

Stance on cannabis

USR Tineret is the first youth organisation of a Romanian political party to openly support the decriminalisation of cannabis. ^[5] The organisation was openly critical of a bill project by USR MP Lavinia Cosma, meant to impose harsher punishments for cannabis trafficking. ^[6]

Controversies

In November 2019, the organisation's Facebook page posted a viral meme comparing King Michael of Romania to manele singer Florin Salam in a tongue-in-cheek manner, in the context of Timișoara mayor Nicolae Robu banning the manele genre in the city's public areas. The meme was harshly criticised by Romanian conservatives and monarchists affiliated with the National Liberal Party (PNL). ^[7]

See also

• Official website

References

1. LYMEC Website, retrieved 22 April 2020
2. LYMEC on Facebook, retrieved 23 October 2021
3. Statutul USR, articolul 89
4. USR Tineret Executive Board elections results
5. "USR Tineret nu mai vrea pedepsirea consumului de canabis. Propunere de lege". 19 January 2020. Retrieved 22 April 2020.
6. "Mesajul viral al USR Tineret după adoptarea în Parlament a legii care mărește pedepsele pentru trafic de droguri" . Retrieved 22 April 2020.
7. "FOTO Postare controversată a USR Tineret: Interzicerea Regelui Mihai în România, sub regimul Ion Iliescu, comparată cu interzicerea "Regelui manelelor" în Timișoara, după o decizie a primarului Nicolae Robu". 27 November 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020.