Furious protests have erupted in Romania following the threat by former EU Commissioner Thierry Breton, saying, ‘We did it in Romania, and obviously we will do it in Germany,’ referring to cancelling the result of the German general election in February.
Speaking on television, Breton proclaimed that if the European Commission decides that the election in Germany was in some way influenced by foreign interference, they would seek to annul the result of the election in the same way they have just done with the Romanian election.
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The decision to cancel the presidential election in Romania further weakened public trust in state institutions and membership of the European Union, polarising voters angered by the status quo of political parties and their infighting, which led to strengthening so-called ‘hard right’ and alternative parties, who won over a third of parliamentary seats in the last vote. The Commission’s claim is that Russia had somehow influenced campaigning favouring frontrunner Calin Georgescu, but they have not yet presented any evidence of their claim.
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Georgescu’s lawyer filed a request on Friday, January 10, for the Constitutional Court to reinstate the election result. Georgescu urged his supporters to do the same. Thousands of infuriated voters gathered outside the court displaying a mock coffin with the word ‘Democracy’ painted across it.
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Romania‘s ruling coalition said they would rerun the two-round presidential election on May 4 and May 18, almost six months after the annulled vote. Outgoing President Klaus Iohannis, whose term expired on Dec. 21, is to stay on as head of state until a successor is elected.
The former French commissar, known for his outbursts against freedom of expression, has manifested his absolute contempt for the sovereignty and democratic will of EU member states when commenting on the conversation that took place on X between the owner of this network, Elon Musk, and the candidate for the chancellor of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, Alice Elisabeth Weidel. The AfD had already stated they do not want or need any help from Elon Musk. Currently the AfD are polling at 20 percent in public opinion polling and rising, while the CDU/CSU are polling at 31 percent.
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