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Romania’s electoral commission barred far-right candidate Calin Georgescu from the presidential election without explanation.

Georgescu, who led polls with 40%, called the move “a direct blow to democracy” and plans to appeal. His supporters protested in Bucharest.

The constitutional court annulled his prior election win over alleged Russian interference, which he denies. He faces legal issues, including accusations of financing violations and extremist ties.

A vocal Trump supporter, Georgescu received backing from Trump officials, including Elon Musk and JD Vance, who condemned Romania’s actions.

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[–] RandomVideos@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

There are left-wing parties, they just arent big enough to matter

[–] febra@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Okay, there is stuff like LEFT, DEMOS (?), SENS, etc. but these hold zero seats anywhere. Not even in city councils. They're practically parties you'll only heard about if you spend time on Romanian Reddit or some other fringe groups online.

I think SENS was the only one to become a bit more visible than the rest but that's it.

There's also stuff like USR, which is a neoliberal party that slowly drifted to become more socially conservative.

And there's REPER that has zero seats, is socially left-wing but financially liberal/right wing.