Source: US News & World Report
“Romania’s top court has removed a pro-Russian far-right politician from the list of presidential candidates in upcoming elections, prompting concerns about democratic values from candidates across the political spectrum. European Union and NATO member Romania is due to hold a two-round presidential election on Nov. 24 and Dec. 8, with parliamentary polls in between. Nearly 20 politicians have officially entered the running, with opinion polls showing voter preferences highly fragmented. Among them is Diana Sosoaca, leader of SOS Romania, a small ultra-nationalist eurosceptic opposition party which surprisingly won two seats in the European Parliament in June. Romania’s Constitutional Court met on Saturday to discuss legal challenges brought against six candidacies. It rejected five but accepted challenges against Sosoaca without explaining its decision.” (10/06/24)