The cancellation of the east European nation’s presidential election in December was proof, in the eyes of US Vice President JD Vance, that European democracy is under threat. The vote was annulled by Romania’s Constitutional Court,

Owner of social media giant X, Elon Musk, has criticised Romania’s reported plans to suspend TikTok. In a tweet on his X account on Monday, Musk labelled the move an attempt at censorship. “You can tell who the bad guys are by who is demanding censorship,

Calin Georgescu, the far-right frontrunner in Romania’s presidential vote, has been barred from running in May’s election, in an explosive decision that sparked violence on the streets of Bucharest and came despite pressure from Washington to “listen” to voters’ demands.

Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu on Monday appealed a decision barring him from standing in a presidential vote re-run, which has sparked violent clashes and plunged the EU and NATO

Elon Musk, leader of the US Department of Government Effectiveness, DOGE, has reacted to Romania’s Central Electoral Bureau, BEC, decision to ban Călin Georgescu from running in the presidential, calling the move ‘crazy.