Source: Politico
“The European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected Romanian far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu’s petition to reinstate the result of the annulled first round of the country’s election. The first round of Romania’s election last November saw Georgescu, a largely unknown, pro-Moscow ultranationalist candidate claim a shock victory. But the contest was annulled by Romania’s Constitutional Court before the second round runoff could take place, with Georgescu benefitting from a Russia-style booster campaign involving TikTok, according to declassified Romanian intelligence documents. … the Strasbourg-based court threw out his case, ruling it fell ‘outside the scope of application of Rule 39,’ which relates to when the court can issue such urgent orders. It did not rule on the merits of his case otherwise.” (01/21/25)