Author: Ketrin Jochecová

Romania’s top court stands accused of undemocratic election meddling after it removed an antisemitic, pro-Russia, far-right candidate from the presidential ballot, saying she would threaten the country’s position in the European Union and NATO. Diana Șoșoacă, leader of the ultra-nationalist party S.O.S Romania who was elected to the European Parliament in June, was earlier this month banned from running in the two-round presidential elections on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8. The unprecedented ruling by the Constitutional Court of Romania (CCR) sparked criticism from Șoșoacă’s rivals across the political spectrum, encompassing socialists, liberals and academics — with one figure even pointing…

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