Romanian election body rejects candidacy of far-right populist Calin Georgescu in presidential redo

hungarianconservative.com

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Romania’s Future at Stake: Georgescu’s Battle Against the System

On Sunday it became known that the Romanian Central Electoral Commission (CEC) rejected the candidacy of the presidential candidate Călin Georgescu in a vote of 10 to 4 on the grounds that he does not meet the legal conditions to be a candidate in a decision against which an appeal to the Constitutional Court is possible. The CEC explained in a later document that the reason for the rejection of Georgescu’s candidacy was based on the decision of…

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Calin Georgescu is a victim of illiberal Europe

Violence erupted in Bucharest after Romania’s electoral bureau disbarred Calin Georgescu from standing in May’s re-run presidential election.

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In Romania there are strong signs of Russian support for far-right circles, but no sound evidence. However, such a serious intervention as the exclusion of a candidate from the election must be beyond all doubt.

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Where are you going, EU democracy? The dangerous case of Romanian elections

Romania has effectively become a testing ground for how Big Tech can manipulate public opinionOriginally published on Global VoicesRomania elections polling station in the Hague. Photo by Ana Maria Dima, used with permission.  Europe is undergoing some seismic shifts, and the tremors are being felt globally. According to the 2024 Global Peace Index, armed conflicts have reached their highest levels since the end of World War II. Breathe that in.…

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Stage-Managing Democracy: Romanian Authorities Cancel Calin Georgescu’s Candidacy · Caldron Pool

Romanian authorities have cancelled popular presidential hopeful Calin Georgescu’s candidacy. The highly criticised lawfare has escalated the country’s descent into chaos. In a bizarre justification for cancelling Georgescu’s candidacy, Romania’s equivalent of the electoral commission, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC), claimed he “violated the obligation to defend democracy.” In effect, the BEC used the former Soviet satellite state’s Constit…

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Despite Russian-backed Georgescu barred from presidential race, Romania's far-right still aim to win

Protests erupted in downtown Bucharest following the Central Electoral Bureau's decision to ban Russian-backed far-right politician Calin Georgescu from running in the upcoming re-run presidential elections. Georgescu, who is openly supported by the Russian and the U.S. administrations, said this was a "direct hit against democracy." Following the announcement