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On 4 March, Expert Forum sent comments to the Ministry of Internal Affairs regarding the draft GEO drawn up to regulate the merging of the local with the EP elections, but also to improve certain technical aspects related to the organization of EP elections. EFOR requested the organization of a public debate based on Law 52/2003, which took ···
Expert Forum analyzed the draft of the emergency ordinance and submitted comments to the Ministry of the Interior, some related to the context in which the normative act is initiated, and others related to specific legislative aspects. Below we present the issues problems we have identified with this legislative path. EFOR has observed that at ···
Politicians cited in support of merging the elections the fact that this mechanism is also used by other European countries. Initially, Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu gave the example of Ireland and Belgium, and later declared that there are 9 countries in this situation. EFOR has already criticized the merging of local and European parliamentary elections, ···
The signatories criticise the PSD and PNL’s intention to merge the EP and local elections in June and consider that this limits certain voters’ rights and affects electoral competition, as well as the principles of legal security. We call on the PNL and PSD to abandon such plans and to organise the elections in a ···
EFOR has launched two analysis reports, which illustrate how money was spent on political and electoral advertising between 2019 and 2023, via Facebook and Google, as well as what were the main themes circulated by political parties and politicians in the last year. Read the report on political topics Online Politics – January November 2023 See ···
EFOR has released two analysis reports, which illustrate how money was spent on political and electoral advertising between 2019 and 2023, via Facebook and Google, as well as what were the main themes circulated by political parties and politicians in the last year. At the same time, we also launched a section dedicated to this ···
Expert Forum calls on the political parties in government to significantly reduce the amounts allocated for subsidies in 2024. According to the draft budget published for public debate, in 2024, the budget of the Permanent Electoral Authority could include 314 million lei for subsidies (some 63 mln EUR), even though the keyword on the other ···
The year 2024 will be complicated in terms of elections at the global level, as it is estimated that half of the world’s population will vote. Romania will hold four rounds of elections, which is a first. This will put a huge strain on the election administration and test public confidence in the electoral process. ···
EFOR analyzed the legislation that will be used for the organization of the European Parliamentary elections and drew some conclusions about the issues it brings. Overall, the legislative framework is not uniform and clear. Law 33/2007 is very outdated, strongly at odds with modernized legislation and technological innovations or structural changes that have taken place ···
There will soon be two years since the first wave of Ukrainian refugees started to arrive in Romania and many of their problems are still to be solved. Their integration on the labor market is supposed to be a priority, but this proves to be hard, while the authorities know surprisingly little about these people. ···