Less than a third of Romanians plan to vote in European Parliament elections this Sunday

More than half of all Romanians who have the right to vote say they are interested in the elections for the European Parliament, but only 28 percent have already formed an opinion and are determined to go to the vote on Sunday, May 25, according to a poll conducted by CURS and Avantgarde for Romania’s state television. About 18.22 million Romanians have the right to vote. Of the people who say they will go to vote, 44 percent would vote for the alliance made of the Social Democrat Party PSD, the National Union for Romania's Progress UNPR, and the Conservative Party PC, which supports the current government, according to Agerpres newswire, which quotes the results of the poll. About 17 percent of the votes would go to the National Liberal Party, and the Democrat Liberal Party PDL would get 14 percent. The Popular Movement (PMP), which is supported by Romanian president Traian Basescu, might get 8 percent of the votes, and the Magyar minority party UDMR would get 6 percent. The poll was conducted between May 16 and May 18 on 2,000 people and has a margin for error of plus or minus 2.2 percent. In Romania, 14 political parties, an electoral alliance and eight independent candidates will compete in Sunday’s elections for the European Parliament, for the 32 mandates. Among the independent candidates are famous actor and former PNL member Mircea Diaconu and ex-gymnast Corina Ungureanu. editor@romania-insider.com