{"id":134104,"date":"2024-12-06T21:20:53","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:20:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134104"},"modified":"2024-12-06T21:20:53","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T14:20:53","slug":"romanian-court-cancels-presidential-election-amid-russian-influence-fears-politico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=134104","title":{"rendered":"Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears \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>The shock win for Georgescu in the first round on Nov. 24 triggered widespread dismay among pro-Western centrists, and sparked demonstrations in central Bucharest. On Thursday night, thousands of pro-Europeans turned out to voice their support for maintaining the country\u2019s international alliances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Georgescu\u2019s fiery criticism of NATO and the EU \u2014 and his threat to end all assistance for Ukraine \u2014 stoked fears that Romania was on the brink of turning away from the West toward Moscow.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The court\u2019s decision follows dramatic revelations of alleged foreign influence on the contest. Earlier this week, the Romanian government declassified intelligence files that strongly suggested to a Russian-backed campaign to corrupt the election.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The documents said 25,000 pro-Georgescu accounts on social media app TikTok burst into action just two weeks before the first-round vote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The risk now is that the court\u2019s decision leaves millions of Georgescu\u2019s supporters feeling angry and disenfranchised.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShame!!! Coup d\u2019\u00e9tat in full swing,\u201d said George Simion, far-right AUR party leader who was backing Georgescu in the second round. He urged his supporters not to demonstrate in the streets against the court\u2019s decision: \u201cWe are not taking to the streets, we will not be provoked. This system must fall democratically!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Current Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu, who also stood as a presidential candidate, said the ruling was \u201cthe only fair solution\u201d after the documents revealed the scale of the alleged interference operation. \u201cThe Romanians\u2019 vote was blatantly distorted as a result of Russia\u2019s intervention,\u201d he said. \u201cThe presidential elections must be rerun.\u201d<\/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\/romania-court-cancels-presidential-election-runoff-tiktok-russian-influence-calin-georgescu\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The shock win for Georgescu in the first round on Nov. 24 triggered widespread dismay among pro-Western centrists, and sparked demonstrations in central Bucharest. 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