The Romanian election scenarios scaring Brussels

The Romanian election scenarios scaring Brussels

All eyes are on Romania. The country goes to the polls on May 4 in the first round of a controversial presidential election, after concerns over Russian interference triggered an annulment of the original vote last November. Now that the Moscow-backed ultranationalist Călin Georgescu has been disqualified from the do-over election, George Simion, leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), has vaulted into the polling lead…

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