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European Parliament election, 2009 (Romania)
Overview
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
to 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...
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...
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Among those expected to take up seats are (listed in the order they appear on the ballot):
For the 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...
+ 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...
Electoral Alliance
National Union PSD+PUR
In 2004, the National Union PSD+PUR was an electoral cartel formed between the Social Democratic Party and the Humanist Party of Romania. It was set up as a counterpart to the Justice and Truth Alliance PNL-PD, only for the 2004 legislative elections and Romanian presidential election.The two...
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- Adrian SeverinAdrian SeverinAdrian Severin is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament.Adrian Severin started his politics career under the Communist rule, as Instructor at Ştefan Gheorghiu Academy, the university for Romanian Communist cadres...
, 55 years old - Rovana Plumb, 49 years old
- Ioan-Mircea Paşcu, 60 years old
- Silvia Adriana ŢicăuSilvia Adriana TicauSilvia Adriana Ţicău is a Romanian politician and Member of the European Parliament. She is a member of the Social Democratic Party, part of the Party of European Socialists, and became an MEP on 1 January 2007 with the accession of Romania to the European Union.-External links:**...
, 39 years old - Daciana-Octavia Sârbu, 32 year old
- Corina CreţuCorina CretuCorina Creţu is a Romanian politician and journalist, former Spokersperson for the President of Romania during Ion Iliescu's time in office...
, 32 years old - Victor Boştinaru, 57 years old
- Sabin Cutaş, 41 years old, the only one from PC
- Cătălin Ivan, 31 years old
- Ioan Enciu, 56 years old, and
- Vasilica-Viorica Dăncilă, 46 years old
For the Democratic Liberal Party
Democratic Liberal Party (Romania)
The Democratic Liberal Party is a populist, centre-right party in Romania. It was formed on 15 December 2007, when the Democratic Party merged with the Liberal Democratic Party. From 2004 to 2007, the Democratic Party was part of the governing Justice and Truth Alliance...
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- Theodor StolojanTheodor StolojanTheodor Dumitru Stolojan is a Romanian politician. An economist by training, he is a leader of the Democratic-Liberal Party. He previously served as Prime minister of Romania from September 1991 to November 1992. He and his wife Elena have a son, Vlad Stolojan, and a daughter, Ada Palea...
, 66 years old - Monica MacoveiMonica MacoveiMonica Luisa Macovei is a Romanian politician, lawyer and former prosecutor, currently a Member of the European Parliament from the Democratic Liberal Party. She was the Minister of Justice of Romania in the first cabinet of Prime Minister Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu...
, 50 years old - Traian Ungureanu, 51 years old
- Cristian PredaCristian PredaCristian Preda is a Romanian political science professor, and author of several books in this field. He is currently a Member of the European Parliament, representing Romania.-Education and academic career:...
, 43 years old - Marian-Jean MarinescuMarian-Jean MarinescuMarian-Jean Marinescu is a Romanian politician and member of the Democratic Liberal Party , part of the European People's Party–European Democrats. Elected to the Chamber of Deputies for Dolj County, he became a Member of the European Parliament on January 1, 2007, with the accession of Romania to...
, 57 years old - Iosif MatulaIosif MatulaIosif Matula is a Romanian engineer and politician. A member of the Democratic Liberal Party , he has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009.-Biography:...
, 51 years old - Sebastian Bodu, 39 years old
- Petru Luhan, 32 years old
- Rareş Niculescu, 33 years old
- Oana Antonescu, 30 years old, and
- Elena BăsescuElena BăsescuElena Băsescu, sometimes referred to as EBA, is a Romanian politician, secretary general of the youth wing of Romania's Democratic Liberal Party, and a Member of the European Parliament. She is the youngest daughter of Traian Băsescu, the current President of Romania. She was formerly a model, and...
, 29 years old; ran separately as an independent.
For the 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...
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- Norica NicolaiNorica NicolaiNorica Nicolai is a Romanian lawyer and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party , she was a member of the Romanian Senate for Cluj County from 2000 to 2008, and has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2009...
, 51 years old - Adina VăleanAdina ValeanAdina Ioana Vălean is a Romanian politician and social activist. A member of the National Liberal Party , part of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, she was elected to the Chamber of Deputies on the Justice and Truth list for Călăraşi County , and became a Member of the European...
, 41 years old - Renate WeberRenate WeberRenate Weber is a Romanian lawyer and human rights activist who, in November 2007, was elected as . She is the first Romanian appointed as Chief of an ....
, 54 years old - Ramona MănescuRamona MănescuRamona Nicole Mănescu is a Romanian politician and lawyer. She is a Member of the European Parliament from the National Liberal Party and is part of the ALDE group in the European Parliament...
, 37 years old, and - Cristian BuşoiCristian BuşoiCristian Silviu Buşoi is a Romanian physician and politician. A member of the National Liberal Party , he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Timiş County from 2004 to 2007, and has been a Member of the European Parliament since 2007.In 2006 he married Georgiana, then a notary's...
, 31 years old
For the 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....
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- László TőkésLászló TokésLászló Tőkés is a Romanian politician of Hungarian ethnicity, currently serving as a Member of the European Parliament and Vice President of the European Parliament ....
, 57 years old - Iuliu WinklerIuliu WinklerIuliu Winkler is a Romanian engineer, economist and politician. A member of the Democratic Union of Hungarians in Romania , he was a member of the Romanian Chamber of Deputies for Hunedoara County from 2000 to 2004...
, 45 years old, and - Csaba Sógor, 45 years old
For the 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....
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- Corneliu Vadim TudorCorneliu Vadim TudorCorneliu Vadim Tudor is leader of the Greater Romania Party , writer, journalist and a Member of the European Parliament...
, 60 years old, - Gigi BecaliGigi BecaliGeorge Becali is a controversial Romanian politician and businessman, mostly known for his involvement in the Steaua Bucureşti football club.He has been a Member of the European Parliament since June 2009.-Biography:...
, 51 years old, and - Claudiu Ciprian Tănăsescu, 44 years old
The other three electoral candidates did not pass the threshold:
- Christian-Democratic National Peasants' PartyChristian-Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romania)The Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party is a Romanian Christian-Democratic party...
, led by Marian Petre MiluţMarian Petre MilutMarian Petre Miluţ is a Romanian politician, engineer and businessman. He was president of the Romanian Small and Medium Entrepreneurs Union, assisting the Union's co-operation with the European Popular Party, and president of the Christian-Democratic National Peasants' Party... - Civic Force, led by Adrian-Ştefan Iuraşcu
- Pavel Abraham as an independent
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...
election results confirmed the recent tendency that Romania's political scene is slowly but certainly transforming into one with two major parties
Two-party system
A two-party system is a system where two major political parties dominate voting in nearly all elections at every level of government and, as a result, all or nearly all elected offices are members of one of the two major parties...
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Quotations
All men have a right to remain in a state of nature as long as they please; and in case of intolerable oppression, civil or religious, to leave the society they belong to, and enter into another.
The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
In regard to religion, mutual toleration in the different professions thereof is what all good and candid minds in all ages have ever practised, and, both by precept and example, inculcated on mankind.
The Rights of the Colonists (1772)
The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.
The Rights of the Colonists (1772)