You could almost think that it is perfectly rational for a supposedly democratic country to bar a leading presidential candidate from appearing on the ballot if you read Monday’s Reuters report, “Far-right candidate Calin Georgescu barred from Romania presidential election re-run.”
Here is Reuters acting as if it is normal to destroy a democratic election in order to save it.
Romania’s central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election re-run, a decision likely to deepen a constitutional crisis in the European Union and NATO member.
The cancellation on December 6 of the presidential election due to allegations of Russian meddling in Georgescu’s favour has thrust Romania to the heart of a dispute between the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump and European…
