 Popa was validated at the party congress on September 26, 2009 and resigned in early 2012.On March 19–21, 2010, at the 12th Meeting of the European Green Party Council held in Barcelona, where the Greens of Romania proposed the resolution titled "“The need for European legislation against cyanide mining ”" The resolution was adopted by the plenary of the European Greens Council.At the Congress of January 14, 2012, Ovidiu-Cristian Iane was elected as a chairperson of the Green Party.