





Romanian think tank criticizes political parties' inefficiency in mobilizing citizens to vote and estimate a low electoral turnout for the European Parliamentary elections
The Institute underlines that electoral turnout decreased significantly from 86% in 1990s, when citizens were first able to elect their representatives after the Communist collapse, to 58% in 2004. Last year less than a third of the citizens cast a vote for their representatives.
In the opinion of the institute, these number clearly point to a democratic deficit both from the candidates and from their supporting political parties. The institute criticizes the failure of the parties to promote a competitive electoral campaign with fair messages.