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Romania holds presidential election rerun after annulled vote
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Romania is holding a presidential election rerun on Sunday after the Constitutional Court annulled the previous election won by NATO critic Calin Georgescu. The rerun is expected to be won by far-right politician George Simion, who is currently leading in the opinion polls. The election is seen as critical, with a Simion victory potentially leading to Romania veering from its pro-western path and becoming a disruptive force within the EU and NATO.
We didn't go from communism to democracy in 1989.
They voted for the change, and they were not allowed to make this change.
I'm running again as a duty towards democracy, toward the constitutional order, to restore the rule of law, to restore the will of the Romanian people.
Our nation will find its way again … We have within us the power to be reborn and to move forward, more united and stronger.
The Romanian people lived the lie that we are a democratic country.
We are here with a single mission: to return to democracy ... and bring justice to Romania.
Institutions must serve the people. … We need to stay close to Brussels.
I will use every tool I have so that people's voices are heard, in government, in Parliament, in the judiciary.
To believe in democracy means to recognize that every citizen has the right to an opinion. We should not be afraid of our people, even when they express opinions that disagree with our leadership.
We'll spend some time with the government discussing how the elections are conducted and … then on Sunday, we'll actually go out to polling locations, and we'll watch people vote.
There is clear evidence that there was some sort of nefarious activity going on in the November election.
Time is going to prove that … it was a good decision (to cancel). I know it's an extreme step, but … what we see is that Romanian democracy is actually stronger because (it) had this bump in the road, but yet was resilient enough of a democracy to make its way through it.
As Vice President Vance has said, there's some questionable things that have happened ... but at the end of the day, it's important to root out what these foreign influences are, because the worst thing that can happen for democracies is to have outside influences come in and drown out the voice of the people.
It is clear a strong anti-western trend has been built up and Romania's direction is at unprecedented risk.
Each of the four could win the presidency.
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sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.The Guardian
- 3.Al Jazeera
- 4.DW News
- 5.CNN
- 6.Agence France-Presse
- 7.Associated Press
- 8.Reuters
perspectives
- 1.Russian Foreign Policy
- 2.Russia-Ukraine War
- 3.Election
- 4.Protests
- 5.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
- 6.Social Media
- 7.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
- 8.Multilateralism
- 9.Electoral Fraud
- 10.Hungary under Viktor Orbán
- 11.Enlargement of the European Union
countries
- 1.France
- 2.Hungary
- 3.Moldova, Republic of
- 4.Poland
- 5.Palestine, State of
- 6.Romania
- 7.Russian Federation
- 8.Slovakia
- 9.Ukraine
- 10.United States
organizations
- 1.European Union
- 2.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 3.TikTok
- 4.Alliance for the Unity of Romanians
- 5.Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats
- 6.Republican Party
- 7.Social Democratic Party
- 8.Facebook
- 9.Federal Election Commission
- 10.National Liberal Party
- 11.Save Romania Union
- 12.US Embassy
persons
- 1.Calin Georgescu
- 2.George Simion
- 3.Crin Antonescu
- 4.Victor Ponta
- 5.Donald Trump
- 6.James David Vance
- 7.Nicusor Dan
- 8.Cristian Pirvulescu
- 9.Elena Lasconi
- 10.Elon Musk
- 11.Eugenia Niculescu
- 12.James E Trainor III