VIDEO: Young people and the posters from the election campaign: Between "I will vote" and "I don't believe in that," / Visuals of campaigns in other EU countries

Tuesday, Jun 4, 2024

Examining electoral posters and slogans across Romania, Bulgaria, Spain, and Czechia for a European project.

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The article examines the impact and visibility of electoral posters across various European countries as part of the PULSE project, which involves collaborations with publications from Bulgaria, Spain, and Czechia. In Bucharest, interviews with young people revealed that while they notice the colorful and ubiquitous election posters, many do not read the slogans closely, often focusing only on the candidate’s face. Some noted that campaign messages across different candidates seemed repetitive. Specific campaigns, such as Cristian Popescu Piedone’s, caught the attention of some interviewees. Regarding voting intentions, six out of eight respondents planned to vote, while one young person expressed disbelief in the political process. The text then details electoral campaigns in Czechia, outlining slogans for both governing center-right parties and opposition groups, and describes the Spanish campaign focusing on themes of equality and rural life through various media. Finally, it mentions that Bulgaria is holding early general elections due to a collapse in the government coalition.


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PULSE is an initiative for cross-border collaborative journalism in Europe co-funded by the European Commission under Grant Agreement n. PO 4500158093.

PULSE is an initiative coordinated by OBCT that has been promoting intensive journalistic cross-border collaborations in Europe since 2024. Its main aim is to help strengthen the European public sphere by reporting on and telling stories from new and diverse perspectives.

At the heart of PULSE are 10 leading national news outlets (Delfi – Lithuania, Deník Referendum – Czechia, Der Standard – Austria, EfSyn – Greece, El Confidencial – Spain, Gazeta Wyborcza – Poland, HotNews – Romania, HVG – Hungary, Il Sole 24 Ore – Italy, Mediapool – Bulgaria) and three transnational organisations, including OBCT , n-ost and Voxeurop .

Additional outlets and journalists are involved as associate partners, including EUobserver , Føljeton (Denmark), H-Alter (Croatia), Levila (Estonia), Rubryka (Ukraine), and The Journal Investigates (Ireland).

PULSE is driven by a sort of virtual transnational newsroom made up of journalists from all the publications involved. It collaboratively produces new journalistic content on European issues on a daily basis, coming in many different languages. The editorial output amounts to over a thousand publications per year, mostly in article form.

PULSE also runs 4 thematic networks open to any European journalist interested in crucial issues such as EU enlargement, relations between the EU and other global powers, the EU’s green transition, or media and the information society. These networks function as online communities and periodically publish calls for pitches.