Socialist Party of Labour

Socialist Party of Labour Partidul Socialist al Muncii
Abbreviation	PSM
Chairperson	Ilie Verdeț
Honorary president	Constantin Pârvulescu[1]
Founded	16 November 1990
Dissolved	July 2003
Preceded by	Romanian Communist Party
Merged into	PSD (faction)
Succeeded by	PSR (faction)
Ideology	Neo-communism Left-wing nationalism Democratic socialism
Political position	Left-wing to far-left
National affiliation	National Bloc (senate) Red Quadrilateral
Politics of Romania Political parties Elections

The Socialist Party of Labour (Romanian: Partidul Socialist al Muncii, PSM) was a left wing-nationalist political party in Romania. The party was labelled as neo-communist. It was founded on 16 November 1990. The chairman of the party was Ilie Verdeţ, former Communist Prime Minister between 1979 and 1982, under Secretary General Nicolae Ceaușescu.^[2]

At the 1992 general election, the party obtained roughly 3% of votes and thus entered the parliament. Together with the Greater Romania Party (PRM), the PSM formed the "National Bloc" faction in the Romanian Senate. The PSM participated in the so-called Red Quadrilateral coalition that included Iliescu's Democratic National Salvation Front (FDSN), the Greater Romania Party (PRM; at that time national communist), the Agrarian Democracy Party (PDAR), and the nationalist Romanian National Unity Party (PUNR).^[3]

Later, the Socialist Party of Labour (PSM) gradually lost its influence. In July 2003, the party fused with the Social Democratic Party (PSD); members who objected to the fusion formed a splinter group, called the Socialist Alliance Party (PSR).

• Parties, Poles, Alliances and Romanian Pluralism, 1990-2000 by Maxmilián Strmiska