2007 European Parliament election in Romania

Romania elected its members of the European Parliament for the first time on 25 November 2007;[1][2] the election was initially scheduled for 13 May, but the PM postponed it for domestic political reasons.

[3] A referendum on a new voting system for national parliamentary elections was held on the same day.

Romania joined the European Union on 1 January 2007, and was initially represented in the European Parliament by 35 observers as follows: 35 MEPs were appointed by Romania to serve as observers in the Parliament before the country joined in 2007.

Since then up until the election, the observers served as full MEPs.