Why Romania cancelled a pro-Russian presidential candidate
Sketchy allegations of interference let a court block a kook
He believes nanobots are secretly inserted in cans of Pepsi. Covid does not exist, and the moon landings were faked. He thinks a global political struggle is being waged between Satan and the Archangel Michael. He admires Vladimir Putin and would cut aid for Ukraine. On December 8th Calin Georgescu (pictured) might have been elected president of Romania. But two days earlier the country’s constitutional court annulled the election and instructed that it be run again. Romanians are divided between those who think the court has saved their democracy and those who think it has been subverted.
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Cancel that”
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