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Politico (24 March 2025)

By Carmen Paun and Dato Parulava

Romania is making a second attempt at choosing a new president after the country’s top court canceled last year’s election. 

Concerns had flared ahead of the deciding December ballot that the frontrunner, ultranationalist Călin Georgescu, had benefited from undisclosed campaign funding and online promotion that may have been part of a Russian influence operation.

That triggered a re-do election — in a country of 19 million people that is an EU and NATO member and borders Ukraine — which is being closely watched in Brussels and Washington. 

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