Far-right front-runner in Romania’s annulled presidential race files his candidacy in the rerun

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Romanian democracy: no place for the 'TikTok messiah' Calin Georgescu

"The Romanian state seems to have woken up," said Carmen Dumitrescu in Republica (Bucharest). Last week, the prosecutor general charged the ultranationalist Calin Georgescu on six counts, including lying about his campaign finances and having links to a fascist group.Georgescu, aka the "TikTok messiah", has been the poster boy for right-wing conspiracists ever since his startling victory in the first round of the presidential election last Decem…

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Calin Georgescu wins in the first round of the Romanian presidential election. The right-wing extremist is a politically almost undescribed hand. Since he is friendly to the Kremlin, he speculates about influence and cancels the election. He competes again at the repeat.

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In Romania, the presidential election must be repeated after irregularities in the financing of the election campaign. Right-wing extremist Georgescu wants to start again.

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Far-right front-runner in Romania’s annulled presidential race files his candidacy in the rerun

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has filed his candidacy in a rerun of last year's presidential election that was annulled by a top court after his surprise first-round win.

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Romanian far-right candidate submits presidential bid for repeat election

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu filed his candidacy Friday in a rerun of last year’s presidential election that was annulled by a top court after his surprise first-round win.

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Calin Georgescu, a Romanian far-right politician and winner of the first round of the canceled presidential election, will run again.