Étiquette : Romania
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Back to round one: a first presentation of the candidates for the Romanian presidential election.
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 21st of March 2025. Link to the original publication, in romanian: Înapoi la turu’ întâi – Comunitatea Liberala. In recent weeks, we have been bombarded with the cries of sovereignists calling for « back to round two! ».…
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Three Romanian Trumpists or maybe three and a half.
By Cristian Preda, University of Bucharest. This article was first published in the review Comunitatea liberală 1848 on the 4th of March 2025. Link to the original publication, in romanian: Trei trumpiști români sau poate trei și jumătate – Comunitatea Liberala. We don’t know if there are, in fact, any Romanian Sorosists, but it’s certain…
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Romania elects a do-over. What comes next?
By Alexandra Iancu, University of Bucharest. Romanian elections elicited tremendous interest. While the jury is still out on the legal and procedural aspects of the constitutional doctrine of militant democracy (banning candidates on the grounds of illiberal statements and actions, the annulment of the presidential elections), the events unfolding during the past months are, first…
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The Sovereignist Pole is looking for a candidate for Cotroceni. Russia will adapt, it will not support a candidate who scores low.
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By Sergiu Mișcoiu, Babeș-Bolyai University, interviwed on 12/03/2025. Professor Sergiu Mișcoiu says that he was relieved to receive the CCR’s decision. Călin Georgescu cannot run in the presidential elections in May. The Sovereignist Pole is looking for a candidate for Cotroceni. Three names are currently being circulated. Among them, the one who has been sending…
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Călin Georgescu: from « almost president » to rejected candidate.
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By Sergiu Mișcoiu, Babeș-Bolyai University, interviwed on 11/03/2025. Călin Georgescu has been a controversial figure in Romanian politics from the beginning. His messages and actions in the public space have provoked heated reactions in society in such a way that he went, between November 2024 and March 2025, from the status of favorite in the…