The unprecedented cancelation of Romania’s vote drew condemnation from across the political spectrum, including from Georgescu’s ideological foes. His would-be opponent in the now-canceled runoff, reformist candidate Elena Lasconi, said Romania’s democracy was being “trampled” by the state.
Encouraged by his position as the coalition’s power broker, UDMR leader Kelemen Hunor (leader of the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania) has
Ultranationalist Călin Georgescu lashes out at “globalist elite” in rambling interview with hard-right U.S. influencer.
The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) decided on Tuesday, January 21, not to issue an interim measure in the case in which Călin Georgescu appealed the Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to annul the 2024 presidential elections.
The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected far-right candidate Călin Georgescu's appeal against a Romanian court decision to annul the 2024 presidential election after he won the first round amid claims of Russian interference.
Romania was plunged into turmoil after Călin Georgescu, a far-right ultranationalist, won the first round of the presidential election, only for allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference to emerge.
The first blog post of the new PROMPT series examines how a disinformation campaign prevented free suffrage in Romania.
Călin Georgescu, who last year posed as a peacemaker, called his supporters last Friday in front of the headquarters of the Constitutional Court of Romania to protest against the decision of December 6,
BUCHAREST - Romania's ruling coalition is working on a strategy to defeat pro-Russian independent candidate Călin Georgescu, the unexpected winner of the first round of last year's presidential election, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court.
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