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Article: EU: ROMANIA, BULGARIA CHANGE FACE OF EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.
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- Interpress Service
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- November 30, 2007
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By Claudia Ciobanu
BUCHAREST, Romania, Nov. 29, 2007 (IPS/GIN) -- Romania's election of representatives to the European Parliament resulted Sunday in the defeat of the country's populist forces.
Half a year after Bulgaria elected its representatives to the European Parliament, Romania finally voted in its first European elections, electing 35 of its own representatives. The vote had been postponed for six months because of internal political disputes.
Bulgaria and Romania are the newest European Union members, having joined the block on Jan. 1, 2007. Bulgaria's 18 members of European Parliament (MEPs) were elected on May 20. The European ...