 On 22 January 2007, the vice-president of the PLD, Gheorghe Flutur, stated that the new party will forge a close relationship with the Romanian Orthodox Church, the country's largest religious denomination.Flutur declared that, "We believe that we must fight for the protection of [our] national identity, especially now, when Romania has entered the European Union.Here, we consider that we must have a very good relationship with the institution of the Romanian Orthodox Church and I think that [the church] must play a much more important role in the promotion of our traditions and customs."