Catégorie : South-Eastern Europe
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We Won the Battle but the War Continues.
By Claudia Bădulescu, Free University of Brussels, Institute of European Studies. Eighteen years after joining the European Union, Romania has shown, again, why its place is inside the European family. On 18 May the independent, pro-European mathematician-turned-mayor Nicușor Dan defeated George Simion, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), overturning…
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Proud to Be European – MAGA Would Do Well to Stop Betting on Putin’s Puppets in the EU.
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 19th May 2025. Link to the original article in Romanian: Mândri că suntem europeni. MAGA ar face bine să nu mai mizeze în UE pe marionetele lui Putin – Comunitatea Liberala. Nicușor Dan secured a clear…
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Is it worse than in November? Yes, a bit, but it could turn out well…
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 5th of May 2025. Link to the original article in Romanian: E mai rău ca-n noiembrie? Da, un pic, dar poate fi bine… – Comunitatea Liberala. Yesterday, I went to the polls. The number of voters…
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Romania’s Shock Vote: From Safe Pro‑European Course to a Far‑Right Tide
By Claudia Bădulescu, Free University of Brussels, Institute of European Studies. Shortly after one o’clock on the morning of May 5, 2025, the Central Electoral Bureau in Bucharest released near‑final figures from the first round of Romania’s presidential election. They read like the script of an improbable political thriller. George Simion, the thirty‑eight‑year‑old leader of the…
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Dark clouds at the start of the Romanian presidential campaign.
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 4th of April 2025. Link to the original article in Romanian: Nori negri la startul campaniei – Comunitatea Liberala. We have five candidates for Cotroceni who could, in principle, exceed 10%. In alphabetical order, they are…