Romania is heading back to the polls 🗳️ after last year's presidential election was annulled in a stunning twist. The reason? A populist outsider surged to first place, shaking the political elite to its core 💥—and has now been banned from the re-run 😱.
What does this mean for democracy in Eastern Europe?
Will Romanian voters accept the decision—or push back harder in protest?
🔥 Get all the details in this in-depth report on the election turmoil, establishment fears, and the future of populism in Europe.
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What does this mean for democracy in Eastern Europe?
Will Romanian voters accept the decision—or push back harder in protest?
🔥 Get all the details in this in-depth report on the election turmoil, establishment fears, and the future of populism in Europe.
👇 Comment below: Is this democracy or manipulation? 👇
🔔 Subscribe for raw, uncensored geopolitical breakdowns.
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00:00Rerun is underway six months after the first attempt ended in the result being annulled in a hugely controversial move.
00:07The populist figure who topped that poll was barred from taking part today amid subsequently debunked allegations of Russian interference.
00:16If no candidate wins over 50% of the vote, a runoff between the top two will be held later this month.
00:22Former frontrunner Carlin Georgescu cast his vote this Sunday alongside ally and current candidate George Simeon.
00:33I'm not here to admit the fraud. Just like this election, the fraud was invented by those who made trickery the only government policy.
00:42But I am here to recognize the power of democracy, the power of a voice that scares and terrifies the system.
00:50I am here in the interests of the Romanian people for their dignity, greatness and generosity.
00:57Because the fate and rights of the Romanian nation are eternal, Romania has woken up.
01:03For Romanians, there seems to be a lot on the table. There's a lot riding on the developments over these past few hours.
01:10And the outcome of these elections will determine the direction or the course that the country will take moving forward.
01:16But all in all, the past few months have been turbulent, to say the least.
01:20We understand the Constitutional Court annulled the election results in November of last year.
01:27And that led to a great deal of outrage among supporters, supporters of Carlin Georgescu.
01:33And then he was barred from entering the elections.
01:35But despite that, he took to the ballot boxes, cast his vote, and essentially made a statement calling for a stronger democracy.
01:43We understand that Georgescu has been linked to a great deal of allegations.
01:47We understand that he has been, at least allegedly speaking, that there was a great deal of foreign involvement.
01:53Namely speaking, that he was supported by Russia.
01:56We understood over these past few months, in fact, weeks after the election in November, intelligence reports were declassified and quietly serviced throughout the country.
02:08And that suggests a different narrative.
02:10The narrative is that there was no Russian involvement.
02:13More so, that there was no foreign involvement.
02:15And actually took it a step further, suggesting that the only campaign or initiative was launched from within.
02:21We understand the turbulence in the political scheme here is, of course, a matter of great concern.
02:27The Constitutional Court's actions have led to a great deal of trust issues.
02:32We spoke to some of these voters.
02:34And some of these voters say that the choice of democracy or the illusion of choice is nothing but that.
02:40An illusion.
02:42Back then, people were enslaved and they saw chains on their hands.
02:46Nowadays, slavery involves invisible chains.
02:49We were given the illusion of democracy and we thought we were free.
02:54We thought we have a free vote.
02:56But suddenly, Kalin Georgescu showed us these invisible chains.
03:01I am convinced that the system will try to annul this election, too.
03:05Because by cancelling the first round of the election, they tried to distort Romania's welfare system, to distort the people's will.
03:13Today, we hope they can't steal as many votes as we can cast.
03:16Georgescu was essentially allegedly against NATO, against the European Union.
03:22Simeone also has been allegedly anti-EU and anti-NATO.
03:26In a statement dating back to 2020, Simeone has actually been vocal about his position with respect to the European Union and NATO.
03:34In fact, in one of the statements, he says that EU or NATO could, hypothetically speaking, be good.
03:40But this does not necessarily mean that Romania should push aside its own national interests and, in direct quotes, says, quote, kneel, end quote, in front of these institutions.
03:50There were statements and sentiments from the EU in and of itself suggesting that the developments were worrying.
03:56But more importantly, that the prime minister was there to safeguard the judicial system as well as the government's other institutions.
04:02So when people say that there's a lack of trust or democracy is that threat, this is what they're referring to.
04:07There is a choice.
04:08Some of those choices have been taken away.
04:10Some of those choices have been provided.
04:12But all in all, there is very little to choose from.
04:15And this is what is essentially weighing down on Romanian voters today.
04:19Well, the unprecedented annulment of last year's presidential ballot plunged Romania into protests and political instability.
04:28Brussels had campaigned hard against Mr. Georgescu, but the populist figure enjoyed widespread public support in Romania.
04:35RT's Charlotte Dubinsky recapped how the establishment booted him from the race.
04:40The EU is struggling, struggling to live up to its so oft purported lofty ideals.
04:47It's always said it's about democracy.
04:50But more recently, it's become clear that only works if it approves of those in charge and their agenda.
04:57Take Romania, for example.
04:59In 2024, the presidential elections were cancelled after allegations of outside interference.
05:05Interference that has never been proven.
05:08Yet the man the majority of people voted for, Carlin Georgescu, believes the decision to annul the elections wasn't taken by Romania's constitutional court, per se,
05:19but was an order from Brussels, as too was the decision to detain him.
05:23You are right. I mean, it was viral everywhere, all right, not only Romania.
05:32And again, the beauty was that the people on the street, they asked for freedom.
05:38It's a wake-up, a massive wake-up of the consciousness, of the power to know who we are,
05:46and we fight for our democracy and our freedom.
05:49We don't want to be slaves, but looks that the slaves in Romania are together, they respect the orders from Brussels particularly.
06:00Now, you could say right as if, but Georgescu isn't the only one saying this.
06:06One former EU commissioner admitted Brussels had its fingers all over this
06:11and could use that to exert power over elections in other EU states.
06:17Let's keep our cool and enforce our laws in Europe.
06:20We need to be aware of the risk that our laws may be circumvented
06:23and that if they are not enforced, it could lead to interference.
06:27We did it in Romania. We will obviously have to do it, if necessary, in Germany.
06:31Over in Hungary, the anger is burning, too, with an MEP alleging that Brussels turns a blind eye
06:37when it's happy with the results of interference.
06:40But when that upsets the apple cart, not so much.
06:43The EU mainstream refuses to respect democratic norms and the will of the majority, extremely appalling.
06:52When $10 million was illegally channeled to the Hungarian left for their 2022 election campaign,
06:59elites in Brussels stayed silent.
07:02When the U.S. Embassy in Budapest started distributing funding to left-wing media,
07:07elites in Brussels stayed silent.
07:10When the Hungarian parliament adopted a sovereignty protection law
07:14to prevent such further interference, the European Commission sued Hungary.
07:19Not only did the European Commission sue Hungary,
07:22it's also threatened taking away Hungary's right to veto decisions at a European level.
07:27That sent shivers up the spine in Budapest.
07:31Imagine if there were no requirement for unanimity on foreign policy issues.
07:35We could be dragged into a war, even though neither our people nor our governments want that.
07:41That would amount to denying the sovereignty of our states.
07:44At the same press conference, Slovakia's PM expressed concerns about the deep state interference
07:50he sees not just in EU states, but potential members.
07:55There was a time in Slovakia when opposition was expressed,
08:00they were liquidated, and the European Union was silent,
08:04and the European Union and its bodies were not a pretty sight at that time.
08:08It is not a pretty sight when we see what is going on in Serbia, in Georgia,
08:13how the West is organizing the future.
08:16That is why we often talk about topics that affect the functioning and future of the European Union.
08:21And it was a very unpleasant surprise for me.
08:24The basic premise of the EU has always been that every nation has an equal vote.
08:30And if one state says no, it has veto power.
08:33And well, that's that.
08:35FITSO is urging the EU to stay true to the courts.
08:40I would like to call on all the important players in the European Union to pay attention to us,
08:46to listen to us, and not to take such steps that would lead to the liquidation of the EU.
08:52And the abolition of the veto right is a step towards the abolition, the termination of the European Union.
08:58I am convinced of this, and on behalf of the Slovak Republic, I want to say that we will never agree.
09:04In France, there's also been concern, too, that Brussels is ruling the roost from behind the chicken shed.
09:11Last year, France was on course to elect Marine Le Pen's national rally to be the biggest party in the country.
09:17During the second round, though, unlikely parties became bedfellows,
09:21as they did everything in their power to stop the national rally from coming first.
09:26Le Pen suggested Brussels had then parachuted in the people it wanted into the positions of power,
09:31including the president of the National Assembly.
09:36Not only has nothing changed, but everything is almost worse.
09:40That is to say, the French are going on vacation,
09:43seeing Mrs. von der Leyen at the head of the European Commission,
09:46seeing Mrs. Braun at the head of the National Assembly.
09:49We really have the feeling that these elections have been useless,
09:52and that people who are today not representative of any majority are given in a way,
09:57by manoeuvres, by tricks, powers that the French did not grant them.
10:01And while the democratic voting rights of people is held so highly in some quarters of the EU,
10:07in others, the voice of the people should be trampled on.
10:11Take Catalonia's independence referendum in 2017.
10:15Some 90% of voters backed a split from Spain.
10:18But that didn't suit the agenda,
10:21and the EU stayed silent as pro-separatist leaders were jailed.
10:24And why should things be different for an aspiring EU nation a few years later?
10:30We don't know what the people of Ukraine want,
10:33because presidential elections weren't held in 2024,
10:37after Zelenskyy cancelled them.
10:39But the EU is totally on board with that.
10:42Zelenskyy is elected leader, elected in free and fair elections,
10:48and, of course, during wartime, you can't have elections.
10:51Zelenskyy is the kind of guy the EU wants to see in control.
10:55He's so desperate to get the keys to the city,
10:57he will say anything and do anything.
10:59And a guy who nods his head and goes with the flow,
11:03that's exactly what Brussels wants.
11:05Because it's easy to talk about democracy and the will of the people,
11:10but only when that affirms your own agenda.
11:13Yeah, challenge that and, well, it's a different story altogether.