Democrat Liberals count on the Romanian diaspora in the upcoming 2012 elections as they want to introduce voting by mail, one newspaper reads on Friday. French European Affairs minister warned that Romania and Bulgaria’s adhesion to Schengen will threaten the security of the EU. The famous annual hunting party organized by Romanian businessman Ion Tiriac will be held this weekend. Romanian “manele” singer Florin Salam was broadcast on BBC Radio One.
Democrat Liberals count on the Romanian diaspora in the 2012 elections, Gandul reads. Some even believe that this would be the party’s only chance to obtain a good result in the elections. The potential electoral pool abroad is somewhere between 3 to 5 million Romanian, the newspaper reads.
Of these, according to sources, only 500,000 to 1 million people would vote if the project submitted by Foreign Affairs minister Teodor Baconschi on the introduction of voting by mail will become a reality. In the last elections, the mass of voters from abroad made the difference between Basescu and Geoana.
Romania’s Foreign Affairs minister said that the model was taken from Great Britain, Italy, Spain and Germany – countries who already use this system of voting. In these countries, authorities send a bulletin in a sealed envelope to the address citizens announced they will vote from.
Romanians residing abroad will therefore have the option to exercise their vote through the classic method or by mail.
Elsewhere in the news, French European Affairs minister Laurent Wauquiez warned at Helsinki that a premature adhesion of Romania and Bulgaria could threaten the security of the EU, Evenimentul Zilei reads. He underlined that common French and German position that Romania and Bulgaria should not join Schengen.
The French official said that in the sector uniting Roman
