Romania's far-right presidential candidate Georgescu barred from election

09/03/2025 18:57 France 24

The ruling by Romania's electoral bureau to exclude the far-right politician Calin Georgescu from the presidential poll in May sparked clashes between his supporters and police in the capital Bucharest. Georgescu won the first round of a presidential election last November, but the vote was annulled amid allegations of Russian meddling in his favour.

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