Zakaj Washingtonu ni všeč, kadar državljani države, kjer ima Washington svoje interese, glasujejo v nasprotju z ameriškimi preferencami? Retorično vprašanje. It’s geopolitics, stupid!
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Last week the top court of Romania annulled the results of the country’s recent presidential election, just days before a runoff between pro-EU liberal Elena Lasconi and right-wing populist Calin Georgescu. Georgescu had shocked the establishment with a strong first-round showing, but some opponents attributed it to Russian election interference via social media and other tools. The court, citing a declassified intelligence report, said it had found evidence of such meddling.
Many Romanians and outside observers have been outraged by the ruling. “Essentially, when all the layers are peeled back,” writes Thomas Fazi of Compact, “Romania’s top court annulled an entire presidential election based on a TikTok social-media campaign which the intelligence services claimed—without providing concrete evidence—bore similarities to Russia’s tactics allegedly used everywhere.” Even Georgescu’s opponent, Lasconi, who favors a western-leaning Romania that resists Russian geopolitical influence, decried the court’s decision, saying it “crushes the very essence of democracy: voting.”



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