In Huge Protest, Romanians Rail Against Do-Over Election Targeting Populist NATO Skeptic Upwards of 100,000 Romanians of various political stripes took to the streets on Sunday to express outrage over the voiding of a presidential election that seemed poised to put a NATO and Ukraine War skeptic in power. George Simion, leader of the right-wing Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, summed up the intent of the demonstrations his party organized: "We are protesting against the coup d’état that took place on Dec. 6. We are sorry to discover so...

Thousands of Romanians took to the streets on Sunday in a demonstration organized by the largest far-right opposition party against the decision to cancel a presidential election last month because of suspicions of Russian interference. More than 10,000 people marched on the streets of Bucharest waving flags and shouting against the current ruling coalition, the Constitutional Court and outgoing President Klaus Iohannis .

Romanians took to the streets on Friday in support of fringe pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu, demanding the country’s top court reverse its decision to cancel a presidential ballot in which he was a frontrunner. After Romanian security officials raised suspicions about potential foreign meddling and illegal funding for Georgescu’s campaign, its constitutional court annulled the December vote, ordering a repeat of the entire process.