A Critical Assessment of Political Party Performance in the Elections for European Parliament in Dolj County Romania on May 25, 2014

This study aims, in addition to an analysis of the elections for European Parliament members in Romania on 2014 and focus on the research of this phenomenon in Dolj County. Recent years have been for Romania charged of electoral events and social transformation, political change happening in the context of premieres, surprises and twists. EP elections were characterized, both at European and national level, by the low turnout of voters, the stake being the lowest for the Romanian public opinion since the themes of European interest are perceived as not having a direct impact on life daily. The election campaign was hard, and personal attacks belonged to a radical speech in which there was no central theme, dominant political figures were those of politicians who were to stand for president election in November 2014, they practically creating a preamble for the last ones. Elections in Dolj County made not discordant note perfectly enrolling in the limits imposed by the rest of the country, with a low turnout and results aligned with national results.