have had ties with the following political groups: Eurasian Youth Union (Russia) England First Nacionālā Spēka Savienība (Latvia) Jednota Slovenskej Mládeže (Slovakia) As of 30 May 2018, Noua Dreaptă is a member of the Alliance for Peace and Freedom. The AFP is a far-right and ultranationalist European political party that also includes Forza Nuova, National Democratic Party of Germany, Kotleba – People's Party Our Slovakia and National Democracy among others. Extremist reputation Noua Dreaptă uses imagery associated with legionarism, the ideology of the nationalist and anti-Semitic interwar Iron Guard, which roughly paralleled the Fascist and Nazi movements in Italy and Germany, respectively. The group's symbol, for example — the Celtic cross (usually drawn on a green background) — is reminiscent of the insignia of the Iron Guard. Due to its imagery's uses and its methods, the party is sometimes described as neo-Nazi by news outlets. Noua Dreaptă has aligned itself with organizations elsewhere in Europe with strongly anti-Semitic views, although it has not focused its efforts against Romania's currently small Jewish community. Rather, the group has concentrated its rhetoric and efforts against the ethnic Hungarians, Roma (Gypsies), sexual minorities and minority religious faiths. Its anti-democratic and anti-constitutional views and statements made them a permanent target of surveillance by the Directorate for the Defense of the Constitution, a department of the domestic intelligence service. Political rallies In May 2006, dozens of Noua Dreaptă members were detained by police after protesting the GayFest pride parade in Bucharest. Police also used tear gas to disperse counterprotesters led by individuals identified as Noua Dreaptă members. On 15 March 2008, on the National Day of Hungary, Noua Dreaptă organized an anti-Hungarian rally in Cluj-Napoca — an action which, after group members attacked and beat an ethnic Hungarian celebrator, led UDMR leader Béla Markó to criticize Cluj's mayor Emil Boc for approving it. In addition, two ethnic Hungarian members of the Romanian Parliament demanded the banning of Noua Dreaptă on the grounds that it continues Iron Guard's spirit. Electoral history Legislative elections Local elections See also Antiziganism Iron Guard European National Front References External links Noua Dreaptă official site Noua Dreapta Basarabia 2000 establishments in Romania Anti-communism in Romania Anti-Hungarian sentiment in Romania Antisemitism in Romania Antiziganism in Romania Anti-Islam political parties in Europe Far-right political parties in Romania Fascist parties in Romania Registered political parties in Romania Political parties established in 2000 Racism in Romania