Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007;People's Daily Online – Romania: Elections for European parliamentarians slated for Nov. 25 the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons.Bulgaria: Romania Postpones European Parliament Elections A referendum on a new voting system for national parliamentary elections was held on the same day.
Pre-election situation Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows:
Party Group Seats Social Democratic Party PES 12 National Liberal Party ALDE 6 Democratic Party EPP-ED 5 Greater Romania Party ITS/NI 5 Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania EPP-ED 3 Conservative Party ALDE 2 Democratic Forum of Germans in Romania EPP-ED 1 Independent ITS/NI 1
Opinion polls
Polling FirmDateSourcePDPSDPNLPNGPRMUDMR/RMDSZPLDPCUndecidedCURS1 July 200743%10%12%8%5%5%<5%<5%IMAS1 August 200731.7%12.8%9.4%9.3%3.4%2.7%2.2%26.3%CURS5 September 200735%24%13%8%5%5%<5%<5%CCSB21-29/9/200737.2%21.5%12.6%8.4%5.6%3.9%<5%4.1%Insomar10-17/10/200742%19%13%5%5%5%3%3%IMAS10-22/10/200737%18%16%8%6%6%5%CIVIS24 October 200727.1%20.7%20.6%8.8%4.8%4.4%5.7%1.9%ATLE6-11/11/200733.5%25.0%9.5%5.5%5.9%4.9%4.7%4.5%Insomar8-13/11/200740%19%13%5%6%5%6%4%BCS10-15/11/200735%23%14%5.6%4%4%4.7%3.3%ATLE13-18/11/2007 32.1%26.0%9.5%4.9%6.3%4.6%5.2%5.1%CSOP17-19/11/200738.2%19.5%12.9%7.3%4.8%4.6%6.2%2.2%
Results
35 MEPs were appointed by Rom
ania 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.
References
See also Elections in Romania Elections in the European Union 2007 European Parliament election in Bulgaria Romania (European Parliament constituency)