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Archive: https://archive.is/2025.03.09-185058/https://www.ft.com/content/dad829ce-3988-430b-b009-88a727a4d28d

Romania has banned the far-right frontrunner in the country’s presidential vote from taking part in the election, in a move that comes despite warnings from the US to respect voters’ wishes.

The country’s electoral bureau said on Sunday it was invalidating Călin Georgescu’s candidacy after receiving objections that he had violated laws against extremism.

The repeat elections have been scheduled for May 8 and 22 after a first round in November was annulled by the constitutional court following allegations of Russian meddling in favour of Georgescu.

Recent polls have suggested he is the frontrunner, with some quoting more than 40 per cent support for him.

JD Vance has denounced the annulment of last year’s election as an indication of European backsliding on democracy. The US vice-president accused Romanian authorities of bowing to “flimsy” intelligence and alleged pressure from other European capitals.

This is a developing story.

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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 40 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Dang, Romania has a more robust democracy than the US. Hard news to accept.

[–] ScoobyDope@lemm.ee 4 points 9 hours ago

We haven’t had to deal with losing democracy before so we didn’t safeguard it well enough.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 39 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

JD Vance has denounced the annulment of last year’s election as an indication of European backsliding on democracy

i denounce jd vance backsliding democracy just to do it

[–] hannesh93@feddit.org 13 points 14 hours ago

The same one that also complained about free speech but literally kicks out journalists from the white house if they are not calling the gulf of Mexico the way he wants them to call it?

[–] CaptainProton@feddit.org 14 points 14 hours ago

If he says the sky is blue it immediately becomes red to correct the aberration to the cosmos that is his word.

[–] FelixCress@lemmy.world 21 points 13 hours ago

Fascists should be banned from standing in any elections. No democracy for the enemies of democracy.

[–] dumnezero@piefed.social 11 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago)

This is a nice updates news list: https://www.g4media.ro/breaking-biroul-electoral-central-a-respins-candidatura-lui-calin-georgescu.html if you can use a translation tool.

I don't trust the polls much here, the polling agencies are famously partizan and unreliable over time.

He has until the 15th to re-submit the papers for candidacy.