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2024 EU Parliament elections in Romania: The parties, the candidates and their programs

June 7, 2024

The local campaign for the EU Parliament elections was largely overshadowed by that for the local elections, overlapping as the two election rounds take place on the same day, June 9. Below, we outline the candidates of the main parties and political alliances, and the themes of their programs.

Voters in Romania will elect 33 members of the European Parliament this year. The number of MEPs elected from each EU country is based on the principle of degressive proportionality,...

The text of this article has been partially taken from the publication:
https://www.romania-insider.com/ep-parliament-elections-ro-jun-2024
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