Romania’s Electoral Crisis: A Warning Shot for Democracy in the Digital Age By Inés M. Pousadela Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service

https://www.ipsnews.net/2025/05/romanias-electoral-crisis-warning-shot-democracy-digital-age/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=romanias-electoral-crisis-warning-shot-democracy-digital-age MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, May 27 2025 (IPS) - On 6 December 2024, Romania’s Constitutional Court made an unprecedented decision: with just two days to go before a presidential runoff expected to bring a far-right, Russia-sympathising candidate to power, the court took the extraordinary step of annulling the election due to evidence of massive Russian interference. It was the first time an EU member state has cancelled an election over social media disinformation. It may not be the last. Copyright © 2025 IPS-Inter Press Service