Romanians Gear Up for Presidential Election—Here Are the Candidates and Key Issues

The country is set to go to the polls in what could be the most contentious vote since it threw off the shackles of communism more than 3 decades ago.
Romanians Gear Up for Presidential Election—Here Are the Candidates and Key Issues
Bucharest's Parliament building. Balate Dorin/ Shutterstock
Guy Birchall
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Romanians will vote in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday amid the deepest political crisis the country has faced since the fall of communist dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu in 1989.

The election is taking place months later than was originally planned, after the previous vote was annulled by Bucharest’s supreme court.

Guy Birchall
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Guy Birchall is a UK-based journalist covering a wide range of national stories with a particular interest in freedom of expression and social issues.