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Something unprecedented just happened in the NATO and EU member country of Romania - a top court on Friday annulled the first round of the country's presidential election. Essentially there will now be a 'do over' election. The Constitutional Court made the decision even as voting is still underway in the diaspora. "The electoral process for the election of the President of Romania will be resumed in its entirety, with the Government required to set a new date for the election...

The first round of the elections saw a previously unknown far-right nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu top the polls in a shock result. The Romanian presidential run-off between far-right candidate Calin Georgescu and centrist pro-EU Elena Lasconi is now off, after the Constitutional Court (CCR) cancelled the results of the first round of votes and announced entirely new elections will be held instead. This dramatic and unprecedented decision comes just as the voting has begun in the...

Scrapping an election between two rounds of voting is a massive step to take, but Romania’s Constitutional Court decided it was essential to protect democracy from foreign attack. The court’s move to annul the Romanian presidential election plunged the country into turmoil, and it’s not clear where the upheaval will end. Here is POLITICO’s guide to the extraordinary crisis in democracy engulfing one of the EU and NATO’s most important Eastern European member countries...

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