Călin Georgescu, the far-right candidate who emerged as the favourite at the first round of the annulled presidential election in December, is leading in an opinion poll based on him running in the vote rescheduled for May.
A survey conducted by the poll agency Avangarde shows that Georgescu, running as an independent, leads the presidential election rankings.
The poll also shows that the far-right AUR party has reached first place in the electorate's preferences.
Presidential elections in Romania will be held on 4 and 18 May.
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ReplyDeleteThe European Court of Human Rights on Tuesday rejected Romanian far-right presidential candidate Călin 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.
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