PM's setback in Romania euro vote

The Romanian prime minister suffered a severe setback in the country’s first elections to the European Parliament on Sunday.

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Monday, 26.11.2007.

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The Romanian prime minister suffered a severe setback in the country’s first elections to the European Parliament on Sunday. Exit polls, conducted by independent pollster TNS CSOP, indicated that Calin Popescu Tariceanu’s Liberal Party received only 15.6 per cent of the vote. PM's setback in Romania euro vote The centrist opposition Democrat Party – which is close to President Traian Basescu - won the elections with a projected 31.5 percent of the vote, while the ex-communist Social Democrat Party (PSD) came second with 21.1 percent. Only about 27 percent of registered voters cast their ballots in the elections. The low turnout and the Liberals’ poor performance indicated the electorate’s disappointment with the government's record on reform since EU accession on January 1 this year. The vote for the 35 deputies to the European assembly is seen as a test of the popularity of leading political parties ahead of the parliamentary election due next year. Romanians were also voting on proposed changes to the electoral system to move away from the existing one based on party lists to one in which they vote for individual candidates. Preliminary results show that almost 90 per cent of voters supported the change, but the referendum is invalid because the required turnout of 50 per cent was not reached. The elections for the European Parliament were originally scheduled for May this year, but had to be postponed, due to political infighting between Tariceanu and President Basescu, who used to be allies. A month before the scheduled vote, Basescu easily beat off an attempt to impeach him when he won a landslide victory in a referendum.

PM's setback in Romania euro vote

The centrist opposition Democrat Party – which is close to President Traian Basescu - won the elections with a projected 31.5 percent of the vote, while the ex-communist Social Democrat Party (PSD) came second with 21.1 percent.

Only about 27 percent of registered voters cast their ballots in the elections.

The low turnout and the Liberals’ poor performance indicated the electorate’s disappointment with the government's record on reform since EU accession on January 1 this year.

The vote for the 35 deputies to the European assembly is seen as a test of the popularity of leading political parties ahead of the parliamentary election due next year.

Romanians were also voting on proposed changes to the electoral system to move away from the existing one based on party lists to one in which they vote for individual candidates.

Preliminary results show that almost 90 per cent of voters supported the change, but the referendum is invalid because the required turnout of 50 per cent was not reached.

The elections for the European Parliament were originally scheduled for May this year, but had to be postponed, due to political infighting between Tariceanu and President Basescu, who used to be allies.

A month before the scheduled vote, Basescu easily beat off an attempt to impeach him when he won a landslide victory in a referendum.

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