Merzโs coalition plunged into crisis over deadlock on top court judge
An impassioned debate involving abortion and a plagiarism allegation underscores the German coalitionโs relative fragility.
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Italyโs top court backs Meloniโs crackdown on NGO ships
Constitutional Court finds controversial migration decree does not violate rights, despite criticism from humanitarian groups.
Romanian ultranationalist Georgescu to face trial over fascist propaganda
If convicted, he faces between three months and three years in prison.
Putin is invading more than Ukraine
The new battlefield is online, and the stakes are democratic sovereignty.
Slovakia cites European Parliament move in calling Kremlin-style bill โlegitimateโ
“This is not an attack on civil society … but a move to strengthen public trust through greater oversight and accountability,” Slovak official says.
How Germany Changed Its Mind About America, Thanks to Donald Trump
The incoming German chancellor campaigned as a debt hawk. Then a source told him about Trumpโs plans for NATO.
National Limits, European Claims: The Ultra Vires Conflict in EU Constitutional Law (part 2)
Dr Benedikt Riedl,
Mjur (Oxford), postdoctoral researcher
and academic assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy (Prof Dr
Peter M. Huber, former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court and former
Minister of the Interior…
National Limits, European Claims: The Ultra Vires Conflict in EU Constitutional Law (part 1)
Dr Benedikt Riedl,
Mjur (Oxford), postdoctoral researcher
and academic assistant at the Chair of Public Law and Legal Philosophy (Prof Dr
Peter M. Huber, former Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court and former
Minister of the Interior…
The Guardian view on Karol Nawrockiโs win: Poland first, perhaps โ but Europe comes last | Editorial
A nationalist outsider takes Polandโs presidency, leaving liberal hopes in retreat and Donald Tuskโs fragile coalition on the ropesEuropeโs latest presidential election appears to have delivered not a statesman but a slogan โ โPoland firstโ โ and with …
Spanish Constitutional Court affirms legality of most key Amnesty Law provisions
Spainโs Constitutional Court mostly backs the controversial Amnesty Law pardoning Catalan separatists, sparking fierce condemnation from conservative opposition.
Polandโs presidential election result is a morale boost for Maga forces in Europe | Catherine De Vries
Karol Nawrockiโs win is a blow for prime minister Donald Tusk โ and it symbolises a larger battle over the political narrativePolish voters returned to the polls on Sunday for the decisive round of a presidential election whose outcome reverberates far…
EU to approve Bulgariaโs euro bid
The country could join the single currency on Jan. 1, 2026, even as local concerns over adoption persist.
Anti-NATO Romanian ultranationalist Cฤlin Georgescu retires from politics
“This phase of the sovereignist movement has ended,โ says man who stormed to victory in the later-annulled 2024 presidential election.
Nicuศor Dan sworn in as Romania’s president easing country’s political crisis
The May election rerun was held months after the Constitutional Court voided the previous election in which the far-right outsider Cฤlin Georgescu led the first round, following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference.
Romanian court strikes down far-right Simionโs appeal of election loss
The Romanian Constitutional Court upheld Nicuศor Dan’s win in Sunday’s presidential election.
Romaniaโs top court rejects far-right candidateโs attempt to annul election
George Simion, a pro-Trump ultranationalist, had alleged foreign interference in rerun vote won by Nicuศor DanEurope live โ latest updatesRomaniaโs top court has unanimously rejected an application by the defeated far-right candidate in Sundayโs presid…
Romanian court rejects George Simionโs election challenge
Presidential election loser Simion denounced the ruling and called on his supporters to โfight.”
Romania court rejects nationalist candidate’s election appeal
George Simion, who lost Sunday’s election to Bucharest’s centrist Mayor Nicusor Dan, had appealed to the Constitutional Court to cancel the vote, alleging foreign interference, including by France.
Romaniaโs far-right leader challenges election results, alleges foreign interference
George Simion will challenge the presidential election results at the Constitutional Court, accusing France and Moldova of interference.
18 hours in the making of a president: Inside Nicuศor Danโs election win
Romaniaโs new leader told POLITICO how he will approach international affairs and what he will do to rebuild trust in a democracy battered by corruption, economic strife and Russian meddling.
Defeated Romanian ultranationalist โwill ask court to annul electionโ
George Simion claims presidential election rerun was subject to foreign interference, like last yearโs annulled ballotThe defeated ultranationalist candidate in Romaniaโs presidential election rerun has said he will ask the countryโs top court to annul…
Romanian election loser George Simion to challenge results in court
Bucharest faces more political turmoil as hard-right candidate disputes his defeat.
High early turnout as Romanians vote in critical election
Hard-right presidential front-runner George Simion warns of fraud risk, while voters wait in long lines to cast their ballots.
In Transylvania, fear haunts Romaniaโs troubled democracyย
The birthplace of modern Romania is losing faith in politics, 36 years after Communism fell, amid threats of reprisals at Sundayโs election.
The shadowy warlord behind Romaniaโs wrecked electionย
Romaniaโs 2024 presidential election was controversially canceled for suspected foreign interference. Horaศiu Potra, an ally of banned candidate Cฤlin Georgescu, is accused of plotting an insurrection.
Romanian government accused of online censorship ahead of election rerun
Liberal campaigners and politicians say social media crackdown to prevent Russian interference has gone too far.
Romanian presidential front-runner accuses Macron of โdictatorial tendenciesโ
George Simion, leader of the right-wing AUR party, criticizes French president for interfering in Romania’s election.
Meet George Simion, the hard-right Romanian election winner โฆ whoโs banned from Ukraine
The nationalist chief vociferously supports Donald Trump and Giorgia Meloni โ and he leads the presidential race ahead of May 18’s critical second round.
High-stakes vote: Romania โcaught between the Kremlinโ, US and EU
Romania on Sunday is holding the first round of a presidential election rerun after late Novemberโs vote was voided by the countryโs Constitutional Court. FRANCE 24 International Affairs Editor Leela Jacinto brings you this analysis.
Russian hacker group attacks Romanian government websites on election day
The websites were restored, said the National Cybersecurity Directorate
Former presidential candidate Calinย Georgescu and Romania’s annulled vote
Romanians returned to the polls on Sunday in a rerun of November’s annulled presidential election that left the country in deep political turmoil. The Constitutional Court cancelled last year’s vote after NATO critic Calin Georgescu won the first roun…
Live: Romanians cast ballots for critical presidential election rerun
Polls opened in Romania on Sunday in a rerun of November’s annulled presidential election, which was voided by a top court following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference. The Constitutional Court cancelled the last vote won by …
Far-right neo-Legionary movement looms over Romania’s election re-run
Romanians head to the polls on Sunday for a re-run of last November’s presidential election, which was annulled following reports of foreign interference.ย That vote had seen the surprise victory of a previously unknown far-right independent candidate:…
AfD is officially a right-wing extremist group, Germanyโs intel agency says
The classification opens the door to deeper surveillance โ and reignites a debate over whether the far-right party should be banned.
Here we go again! How to watch Romaniaโs do-over election like a pro
The presidential election day is almost upon us. This is what you need to know.
EU eyes high-stakes presidential election in Romania: Democracy tested by disinformation
Romania is about to re-run a high-stakes presidential election, fuelled by a political crisis that has engulfed the country for the last five months. At the end of November, the ultranationalist Calin Georgescu sent shockwaves through the EU by winnin…
โLegal chaosโ as Romanian court rules against annulment of presidential vote
Decision by Ploieศti city appeals court over cancelled result is likely to be overturned before two-round ballot in MayEurope live โ latest updatesPiling confusion on controversy, a Romanian district appeals court has ruled barely a week before the rer…
Kazakhstanโs top judge courts closer EU ties amid push for legal reforms
The Constitutional Court is one of Kazakhstanโs legal institutions supporting a modernising agenda through which the central Asian state is seeking to deepen ties with the EU, the chair of the court told Euronews on a recent visit to Strasbourg.
Between pragmatic and legal considerations: comment on the Advocate General’s opinion in joined cases Cโ758/24 [Alace] and Cโ759/24 [Canpelli]
Matteo
Zamboni (human rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a
partner to the Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of
London)
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Is Serbia turning into an EU mining colony?
A Brussels-backed project to develop the lithium reserves needed to power electric vehicles is fueling political instability on the European Unionโs doorstep.
Donald Trump Jr. to visit Romania right before contentious election
Trump Jr. previously criticized a Romanian court for canceling the 2024 presidential election.
State constitutional court to rule on Berlinersโ right to city driving
More than three years after the petition, the court is ready to decide whether Germanyโs capital will follow Paris’ lead.
Meta faces โsubstantialโ fine for not complying with Turkeyโs gag orders
Turkish authorities are cracking down on online speech amid massive civil unrest.
Marine Le Penโs conviction caused a political firestorm. Hereโs what actually happened.
The French far-right leader’s allies at home and abroad slammed the guilty verdict as antidemocratic.
Bosnian Serb leader flees to Moscow as authorities step up pursuit
Bosniaโs most wanted man turns up in Russia after Sarajevo requested Interpol issue a red notice for his international arrest.
Top French court ruling paves way for Le Pen to be barred from presidential run
The decision concerns an official from the overseas territory of Mayotte but had the potential to impact the far-right leaderโs embezzlement trial.
Romanian media watchdog defies Musk over censorship claims
Bucharest is at the center of a heated debate over social media policing.
After Georgescuโs disqualification, hereโs whoโs running for president of Romania
Authorities have cleared a dozen candidates for the May election โ and rejected a dozen others. Meet the runners and riders here.ย
The Italy-Albania protocol before the Court of Justice of the European Union โ hearing of the CJEU
Matteo Zamboni (human
rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the
Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London)
Photo: The towers of the Court of Justice in the Luxembourg fog (c)…
Romania far-right leader Simion cleared for presidential race
Far-right candidates have entered the May election fray following the exclusion of ultranationalist Cฤlin Georgescu.
Georgescu free to try his luck in other presidential elections, Romanian court says
The Russia-backed candidate will haunt May’s do-over election from which he’s still barred.
Velichie party joins Bulgarian parliament, coalition majority now at risk
After the Bulgarian Constitutional Court ordered a partial recount of October’s election results, the ultranationalist, pro-Russian Velichie party now has 10 seats in parliament.
Romanian constitutional court unanimously rejects Calin Georgescu’s candidacy, sparking protests
Romania’s top court upheld the electoral committee’s earlier rejection of ‘TikTok Messiah” Georgescu’s candidacy, causing demonstrations in Bucharest on Tuesday evening.
Romaniaโs top court rejects Georgescuโs appeal, bars him from running for president
The decision by the countryโs constitutional court is final.
Kremlin: Romaniaโs election is โillegitimateโ without barred pro-Russia front-runner
The far-right front-runner was barred on Sunday from the presidential election’s rerun.
Mercenary boss calls for Romania to โboil overโ after far-right front-runner blocked from race
Horaลฃiu Potra called the election bureau’s decision to block Cฤlin Georgescu’s presidential bid a “globalist coup.”
Trump and Putin gang up on European centrists in Romaniaโs election crisis
Elon Musk slams Romanian authorities for banning far-right frontrunner Cฤlin Georgescu. Itโs another win for the Kremlin.
Far-right frontrunner Cฤlin Georgescu blocked from Romanian presidential race
U.S. Trump administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
Far-right frontrunner Cฤlin Georgescu blocked from Romanian presidential race
U.S. Trump administration has been pressing Romanian officials to allow him to stand in May’s vote.
Pro-Russia Cวlin Georgescu barred from Romanian presidential election re-run
Far-right supporters of the candidate claim decision is undemocratic and Elon Musk describes his ban as โcrazyโRomaniaโs central election authority has barred far-right pro-Russia candidate Cวlin Georgescu from running in Mayโs presidential election re…
Romania foils โrevolutionโ of pro-Russia group featuring a 101-year-old man
The group wanted to change country’s name, anthem and flag.
Bosnia tensions build as Serb leader is sentenced for undermining peace
Milorad Dodikโs decades-long disruptive reign in Bosnia may be over as a top court bans him from politics and sentences him to prison.
MAGA heavyweights lash out over Romanian police raids targeting Cฤlin Georgescu
“This is messed up,” wrote Elon Musk as he joined Jack Posobiec and JD Vance in weighing in on the election turmoil in Bucharest.
Romania prosecutors indict far-right election candidate
Far-right populist politician and former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu was questioned by Romanian police on Wednesday after the country’s constitutional court annulled elections last year.
Romanian police haul in election front-runner Cฤlin Georgescu for questioning
Local media reported the pro-Russia candidate is being quizzed over the financing of his controversial โ and successful โ election campaign late last year.
The right to perform secondary movements under international refugee law
Paolo Biondi Photo credit: Mstyslav Chernov, via Wikimedia Commons Introduction The 1951 Refugee Convention is a pivotal document in international refugee protection, outlining the rights of asylum seekers and …
Romaniaโs Klaus Iohannis announces heโll resign as president
Longtime leader heads for the exit amid political turmoil in Bucharest.
Romania’s President Iohannis resigns in face of impeachment threat from hard-right opposition
Outgoing Romanian president Klaus Iohannis resigned Monday ahead of a mounting impeachment threat pushed by a coalition of hard-right parties. Iohannis’s mandate was extended in December after the Constitutional Court cancelled last year’s presidentia…
The Future of Temporary Protection in Tรผrkiye: Return of Syrians after the Fall of Assad
Dr. Ayลe Dicle
Ergin, Assistant
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Polish Prosecutors launch coup probe targeting Tusk
The head of the PiS-dominated Constitutional Court, announced an investigation into an alleged coup, targeting Tusk and top lawmakers.
Boosting EU demandย and a stronger euro would prevent trade war
With Trump imposing tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China, finding ways to avert a trade war between the U.S. and Europe must be a priority.
Germany’s Bundestag debates banning far-right AfD party
A cross-party group of 124 MPs put a motion on the agenda to bring proceedings before the Federal Constitutional Court to ban the party, whose unprecedented alliance with the CDU caused a shock.
Romanian far-right chiefโs bid to reinstate election result fails in European court
The unprecedented cancelation of Romaniaโs vote drew condemnation from across the political spectrum.
The West wants WW3, Romaniaโs presidential front-runner tells conspiracist Alex Jones
Ultranationalist Cฤlin Georgescu lashes out at “globalist elite” in rambling interview with hard-right U.S. influencer.
Italyโs Meloni defends Musk and Trump in rare press conference โ 5 takeaways
PM says her relationship with U.S. president-elect is “very solid” and insists his recent incendiary remarks flow from a “peace-through-strength” approach.
Romania sets new election date, but risks same result
Unless he is banned, ultranationalist Cฤlin Georgescu seems very much in the race for a presidential rerun in May.
Romanian appeals court upholds scrubbing fishy presidential election
The vote was annulled after a Kremlin-led influence campaign catapulted a pro-Russia candidate into the lead.
POLITICOโs most-read stories of 2024
Elections, war and porn: The stories that captured your attention over the past 12 months.
Europeโs slow but โinevitableโ march to allow assisted dying
The U.K. is the latest country to move toward legalizing the controversial yet evermore popular practice.
Romania’s response to election manipulation is a lesson for democracies
By canceling the second round of the presidential election, the Constitutional Court highlighted the importance of addressing voter manipulation on TikTok in favor of a far-right candidate.
Moldovan president warns of โharsh winterโ in inauguration speech
“We can be proud that, despite the challenges, we have managed to be on the right side of history,” Maia Sandu said while taking the oath before parliament and the Constitutional Court.
The post Moldovan president warns of ‘harsh winter’ in…
How Putin won the Romanian election
Voters on NATOโs eastern flank were already ripe for Moscowโs manipulation, after decadesย ofย misrule.
Report ties Romanian liberals to TikTok campaign that fueled pro-Russia candidate
A campaign from a governing center-right party may have been hijacked to benefit far-right candidate Cฤlin Georgescu, snoop.ro report shows.
The right to perform secondary movements under international refugee law
Paolo Biondi, EU Asylum
Agency
Photo
credit: Ggia, via Wikimedia
Commons
Introduction
The 1951
Refugee Convention is a pivotal document in international refugee
protection, outlining the rights of as…
Germany fortifies judiciary to thwart far-right attacks
Far-right AfD is polling in second place ahead of Germanyโs snap election set for Feb. 23.
Bucharest mayor enters Romanian presidential race
“We are at a turning point,” says successful local politician after previous presidential runoff round was canceled by top court over foreign influence concerns.
South Koreaโs acting president moves to reassure allies after impeachment
Han Duck-soo, a technocrat serving as prime minister, was elevated to acting president while impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol’s case moves to the Constitutional Court.
The post South Korea’s acting president moves to reassure allies after impeac…
Influencers, bot accounts and illegal ads: The troubling interference campaign that annulled Romania’s election
A vast influence operation, which was well-financed and partly run from Poland, sought to manipulate the Romanian presidential election, which has been annulled by the Constitutional Court.
TikTok influencers flee Romania amid tax probe into their election role
Romanian tax authorities are now investigating ultranationalist Cฤlin Georgescu and the TikTok activists who promoted his campaign.
Slovak ombudsman and opposition to challenge information bill in Constitutional Court
The bill could lead to arbitrary decisions and inconsistent treatment of requests for information.
The post Slovak ombudsman and opposition to challenge information bill in Constitutional Court appeared first on Euractiv.
Romaniaโs โriggedโ election shows Europe the dangers of Russian disinformation | Paula Erizanu
The playbook used to propel an ultranationalist to the top of the polls in last monthโs election must not be repeatedMany days have passed since Romaniaโs tumultuous election, in which a far-right independent candidate topped the polls, but in crucial …
Romania’s far right challenges annulment of presidential election
Romania’s second electoral round, between pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu and his pro-European opponent Elena Lasconi, was annulled by its Constitutional Court, due to breaches of financial transparency and a ‘massive disinformation’ campaign on …
Romanian police foil armed mercenaries in Jan. 6 style plot
Some 20 people were detained on way to Bucharest with weapons, according to local media.
Far-right backers protest after Romanian court cancels presidential election
More than a 100 protesters gathered Sunday with far-right presidential frontrunner Calin Georgescu outside a voting station in Bucharest after Romaniaโs constitutional court cancelled the presidential poll. The annulment came after a trove of declassi…
Prosecutors raid properties of key Georgescu backer in Romania election probe
Investigation focuses on money laundering, bribing voters and computer fraud in connection with Romaniaโs canceled presidential election.
Romania in institutional crisis after annulled election
Analysts said the constitutional court court ruling to annul the presidential election may erode institutions, trigger street protests and ultimately still endanger the nation’s pro-Western course.
Romanian election: What the hell is going on?
Warnings of a massive Russian hybrid attack distorting Romania’s democracy prompted the Constitutional Court to cancel the presidential election.
Romania’s top court annuls presidential election
The country’s Constitutional Court made the decision following allegations of Russian interference, effectively canceling the second-round run-off that had been due to take place this weekend.
Romanian presidential elections cancelled by constitutional court
The ruling means the first round of the presidential elections will have to be re-run.
Romanian court cancels presidential election amid Russian influence fears
Constitutional court throws Romanian politics into turmoil, 2 days before runoff vote was due to take place.