Romania’s top constitutional court has thrown out the result of the presidential election after security services raised alarms over a massive Russian influence operation aimed at swinging the vote in favour of ultranationalist contender Călin Georgescu. Fears of more Kremlin meddling in elections…
Georgescu shocked many when he came out of nowhere and won the first round of Romania’s presidential election two weeks ago. According to declassified Romanian intelligence documents, Georgescu had a TikTok campaign mirroring the influence operations run by the Kremlin in Ukraine and Moldova. The court now says it “annuls the entire electoral process regarding the election of the president of Romania.” The second run off due on Sunday now won’t take place…
Asked by Lobby hacks about his past comments on Trump (“any UK politician who gave Trump the time of day should be ashamed right now”) Burnham was blithe:
“Politicians say things throughout their career, but now the important thing is to focus on the moment you are in.”
Were it so easy…