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European Parliament election, 2007 (Romania)
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Romania elected its members of the European Parliament
for the first time on 25 November 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. A referendum on a new voting system
was held on the same day.
on January 1, 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament
by 35 observers as follows:
35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined in 2007. Since then up until the election, the observers served as full MEPs. The breakdown of parties and their European groupings was as follows:
The next election will be in 2009
and the number of seats
will be reduced to 33.
Member of the European Parliament
A Member of the European Parliament is a person who has been elected to the European Parliament. The name of MEPs differ in different languages, with terms such as europarliamentarian or eurodeputy being common in Romance language-speaking areas.When the European Parliament was first established,...
for the first time on 25 November 2007; the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons. A referendum on a new voting system
Romanian voting system referendum, 2007
A referendum on changing the voting system to single-member voting was held in Romania on 25 November 2007, on the same date as the election to the European Parliament...
was held on the same day.
Pre-election situation
Romania joined the European UnionEuropean Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
on January 1, 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament
European Parliament
The European Parliament is the directly elected parliamentary institution of the European Union . Together with the Council of the European Union and the Commission, it exercises the legislative function of the EU and it has been described as one of the most powerful legislatures in the world...
by 35 observers as follows:
| Party | Group | Seats |
|---|---|---|
| Social Democratic Party Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always... |
PES Party of European Socialists The Party of European Socialists is a European political party led by Sergei Stanishev, former Prime Minister of Bulgaria. The PES comprises social-democratic national-level political parties primarily from Member state of the European Union, as well as other nations of the European continent. The... |
12 |
| National Liberal Party National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the... |
6 |
| Democratic Party | EPP-ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament... |
5 |
| Greater Romania Party Greater Romania Party The Greater Romania Party is a Romanian radical right-wing, ultra-nationalist political party, led by Corneliu Vadim Tudor. The party is sometimes referred to in English as the Great Romania Party.... |
ITS Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty thumb|right|Group logoIdentity, Tradition, Sovereignty was a political group in the European Parliament composed of 23 members from European parties variously described as right-wing and nationalist... /NI Non-Inscrits Non-Inscrits are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the recognized political groups.... |
5 |
| Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, is the main political organisation representing the ethnic Hungarians of Romania.... |
EPP-ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament... |
3 |
| Conservative Party Conservative Party (Romania) The Conservative Party of Romania is a political party formed in 1991, after the fall of Communism, under the name of the Romanian Humanist Party . From 2005 until December 3, 2006, the party was a junior member of the ruling coalition... |
ALDE Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe is a transnational alliance between two European political parties: the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party and the European Democratic Party. It has political groups in the European Parliament, the EU Committee of the Regions, the... |
2 |
| Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania The Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania is a centrist political party representing the German minority in Romania. It was founded at the end of 1989. Despite originally being a German minority party, the party is popular also with many ethnic Romanians, notably in parts of Transylvania... |
EPP-ED European People's Party–European Democrats The Group of the European People's Party , abbreviated to EPP Group, is a centre-right political group of the European Parliament... |
1 |
| Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do... |
ITS Identity, Tradition, Sovereignty thumb|right|Group logoIdentity, Tradition, Sovereignty was a political group in the European Parliament composed of 23 members from European parties variously described as right-wing and nationalist... /NI Non-Inscrits Non-Inscrits are Members of the European Parliament who do not sit in one of the recognized political groups.... |
1 |
Opinion polls
| Polling Firm | Date | Source | PD | PSD Social Democratic Party (Romania) The Social Democratic Party is the major social-democratic political party in Romania. It was formed in 1992, after the post-communist National Salvation Front broke apart. It adopted its present name after a merger with a minor social-democratic party in 2001. Since its formation, it has always... |
PNL National Liberal Party (Romania) The National Liberal Party , abbreviated to PNL, is a centre-right liberal party in Romania. It is the third-largest party in the Romanian Parliament, with 53 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and 22 in the Senate: behind the centre-right Democratic Liberal Party and the centre-left Social... |
PNG New Generation Party The New Generation Party – Christian Democratic is a nationalist, Christian democratic political party in Romania.... |
PRM Greater Romania Party The Greater Romania Party is a Romanian radical right-wing, ultra-nationalist political party, led by Corneliu Vadim Tudor. The party is sometimes referred to in English as the Great Romania Party.... |
UDMR Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania The Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania, is the main political organisation representing the ethnic Hungarians of Romania.... |
PLD Liberal Democratic Party (Romania) The Liberal Democratic Party was a political party in Romania, formed in December 2006 as a breakaway group from the National Liberal Party... |
PC Conservative Party (Romania) The Conservative Party of Romania is a political party formed in 1991, after the fall of Communism, under the name of the Romanian Humanist Party . From 2005 until December 3, 2006, the party was a junior member of the ruling coalition... |
Undecided |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CURS | 1/7/2007 | http://www.realitatea.net/?stire=72497 | 43% | 10% | 12% | 8% | 5% | 5% | <5% | <5% | N/A |
| IMAS | 1/8/2007 | http://www.realitatea.net/index.php?domeniu=1&stire=86095 | 31.7% | 12.8% | 9.4% | 9.3% | 3.4% | 2.7% | 2.2% | N/A | 26.3% |
| CURS | 5/9/2007 | http://www.adevarul.ro/articole/sondaj-curs-criza-politica-afecteaza-statul-si-economia/327823 | 35% | 24% | 13% | 8% | 5% | 5% | <5% | <5% | N/A |
| CCSB | 21-29/9/2007 | http://www.erdely.ma/hirek.php?id=29099 | 37.2% | 21.5% | 12.6% | 8.4% | 5.6% | 3.9% | <5% | 4.1% | N/A |
| Insomar | 10-17/10/2007 | http://www.erdely.ma/hirek.php?id=28967 | 42% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 3% | N/A |
| IMAS | 10-22/10/2007 | http://www.realitatea.net/110722_Sondaj-IMAS--PD--PSD-si-PNL-conduc-in-preferintele-electoratului-la-europarlamentare-.html | 37% | 18% | 16% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 5% | N/A | N/A |
| CIVIS | 24/10/2007 | http://www.romanialibera.ro/a109530/sondaj-civis-pd-creditat-cu-27-la-europarlamentare.html | 27.1% | 20.7% | 20.6% | 8.8% | 4.8% | 4.4% | 5.7% | 1.9% | N/A |
| ATLE | 6-11/11/2007 | http://www.tvr.ro/articol.php?id=22668&c=509 | 33.5% | 25.0% | 9.5% | 5.5% | 5.9% | 4.9% | 4.7% | 4.5% | N/A |
| Insomar | 8-13/11/2007 | http://www.evz.ro/article.php?artid=331286 | 40% | 19% | 13% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 4% | N/A |
| BCS | 10-15/11/2007 | http://www.erdely.ma/hirek.php?id=30013 | 35% | 23% | 14% | 5.6% | 4% | 4% | 4.7% | 3.3% | N/A |
| ATLE | 13-18/11/2007 | http://www.interesulpublic.ro/sondaje_32/sondaj-national-atle--noiembrie-2---2007_7502 | 32.1% | 26.0% | 9.5% | 4.9% | 6.3% | 4.6% | 5.2% | 5.1% | N/A |
| CSOP | 17-19/11/2007 | http://www.realitatea.net/116491_CSOP--PD--PSD-si-PNL-se-afla-pe-primele-locuri-in-preferinte-la-euroalegeri-.html | 38.2% | 19.5% | 12.9% | 7.3% | 4.8% | 4.6% | 6.2% | 2.2% | N/A |
Results
The next election will be in 2009
European Parliament election, 2009
Elections to the European Parliament were held in the 27 member states of the European Union between 4 and 7 June 2009. A total of 736 Members of the European Parliament were elected to represent some 500 million Europeans, making these the biggest trans-national elections in history...
and the number of seats
Apportionment in the European Parliament
Apportionment in the European Parliament relates to the distribution of legislative seats in the European Parliament among the states of the European Union...
will be reduced to 33.
See also
- Elections in RomaniaElections in RomaniaRomania elects on a national level a head of state – the president – and a legislature. The president is elected for a five year term by the people . The Romanian Parliament has two chambers...
- Elections in the European UnionElections in the European UnionElections to the Parliament of the European Union take place every five years by universal adult suffrage. 736 MEPs are elected to the European Parliament which has been directly elected since 1979. No other body is directly elected although the Council of the European Union and European Council is...
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- Romania (European Parliament constituency)Romania (European Parliament constituency)In European elections, Romania is a constituency of the European Parliament, currently represented by thirty-five MEPs. It covers the member state of Romania.- 2009 - 2014:As of June 7, 2009 Romania is represented in the European Parliament by 33 MEPs....