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In December 2024, Romania's presidential election was cancelled due to suspicions of fraud and foreign meddling on behalf of the pro-Russian populist candidate Călin Georgescu, whose campaign was conducted exclusively on social media.
The rescheduled election will be held on 4 and 18 May. It is shaping up to be a showdown between two polar camps – one liberal and pro-European, the other Eurosceptic and Trumpian. Romania's dilemma illustrates the fracture that divides today's Europe, one which has only been exacerbated by the war in Ukraine and impending disengagement of the United States.
Romania straddles the threshold of the “two Europes”. Sovereigntist talking points carry real weight there, and yet most Romanians appear committed to European cooperation. So how likely is it that the country will fall into the camp of the EU's “fifth column”, alongside Viktor Orbán's Hungary or Robert Fico's Slovakia? What exactly is at stake in this election? What role does the media play? What other fault lines divide Romanian society?
We've discussed all this and much more with journalists Anita Bernacchia, a regular Voxeurop contributor, and Claudiu Pop, author of our Southeast Europe press review. An event moderated by Catherine André and Gian-Paolo Accardo.
A conversation with investigative reporters Stefano Valentino and Giorgio Michalopoulos, who have dissected the dark underbelly of green finance for Voxeurop and won several awards for their work.
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