{"id":130341,"date":"2024-11-26T17:15:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130341"},"modified":"2024-11-26T17:15:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T10:15:23","slug":"romanias-far-right-pro-russian-lurch-spells-big-trouble-for-eu-and-nato-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130341","title":{"rendered":"Romania\u2019s far-right, pro-Russian lurch spells big trouble for EU and NATO \u2013 POLITICO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Reformist Elena Lasconi, who will face him in the runoff on Dec. 8, is directly warning that Romanians must now rally together to stop the country falling back under the thrall of Russia, which occupied it after World War II. She urged a crowd in Bucharest not to let frustration with the current establishment \u201cbecome a vulnerability exploited by Russia.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Sunday\u2019s first round was a shock because Romania has been viewed as a reliable EU member and NATO ally \u2014 in sharp contrast to smaller countries such as Hungary, Slovakia and Bulgaria that have major problems over rule of law and pro-Russian leanings. If Bucharest were also to veer toward a more anti-EU, pro-Russian path, it would seriously undermine the EU\u2019s ability to function, making it hard to build consensus among the member countries.<\/p>\n<p>Georgescu, who doesn\u2019t belong to a political party and has some 3.8 million likes on TikTok, in many ways fits the mold of the 2024 radical right-wing populist: He speaks plainly, shuns Western orthodoxy, is loathed by mainstream media, and is an EU- and NATO-skeptic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe result of this silent yet extremist, pro-Russian candidate is part of Russia\u2019s hybrid war against European democracy,\u201d said Siegfried Mure\u0219an, a conservative Romanian lawmaker in the European Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, the surprise result in Romania coincides with broader attempts by Russia to bring countries inside the European Union or in its neighborhood into the pro-Moscow camp.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Election observers have warned of efforts to influence the outcomes of recent elections in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/pro-russia-oligarch-network-influence-eu-moldova-elections-voter-bribery-disinformation\/\">Moldova<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/georgia-elections-marred-by-intimidation-and-interference-observers-warn\/\">Georgia<\/a>. Meanwhile the leaders of Hungary and Slovakia, both in the EU, already espouse pro-Russian views and they could soon be joined by Czechia, if <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/czech-prime-minister-andrej-babis-action-dissatisfied-citizens-far-right-donald-trump-viktor-orban-ukraine-migration\/\">former Prime Minister Andrej Babi\u0161 wins parliamentary elections<\/a> due next year.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args = [];\n\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args.userAgent = navigator.userAgent;\n\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args.language = navigator.language;\n\t\tif ( document.referrer.indexOf( document.domain ) < 0 ) {\n\t\t\tpl_facebook_pixel_args.referrer = document.referrer;\n\t\t}\n\n\t\t!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n\t\t{if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n\t\tn.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n\t\tif(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n\t\tn.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n\t\tt.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n\t\ts.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n\t\t'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n\n\t\tfbq( 'consent', 'revoke' );\n\t\tfbq( 'init', \"394368290733607\" );\n\t\tfbq( 'track', 'PageView', pl_facebook_pixel_args );\n\n\t\tif ( typeof window.__tcfapi !== 'undefined' ) {\n\t\t\twindow.__tcfapi( 'addEventListener', 2, function( tcData, listenerSuccess ) {\n\t\t\t\tif ( listenerSuccess ) {\n\t\t\t\t\tif ( tcData.eventStatus === 'useractioncomplete' || tcData.eventStatus === 'tcloaded' ) {\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t__tcfapi( 'getCustomVendorConsents', 2, function( vendorConsents, success ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ( ! vendorConsents.hasOwnProperty( 'consentedPurposes' ) ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconst consents = vendorConsents.consentedPurposes.filter(\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfunction( vendorConsents ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn 'Create profiles for personalised advertising' === vendorConsents.name;\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t);\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif ( consents.length === 1 ) {\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tfbq( 'consent', 'grant' );\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t\t\t} );\n\t\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t});\n\t\t}\n\t\t<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.eu\/article\/could-romania-break-eu-and-nato-elections-russia-influence-moldova-georgia-calin-georgescu\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reformist Elena Lasconi, who will face him in the runoff on Dec. 8, is directly warning that Romanians must now rally together to stop the country falling back under the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130341\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-130341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=130341"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130341\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=130341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=130341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=130341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}