In an unexpected twist to Romania’s 2024 presidential election, Călin Georgescu, virtually unknown a year ago, has emerged as a serious contender. Georgescu's ascent has been marked by antisemitic rhetoric, anti-Western discourse, and a sophisticated disinformation strategy. This, argues Mimi Mihăilescu, reveals the vulnerabilities of modern politics to social media manipulation.
Yes.
The EU has pretty much no staging ground or quarantine zone. You’re either in or out. Even candidates only get a bit of money and a tad more scrutiny.
Especially since the EU is consensus based in many aspects, it’s absurd to put all states into the same category. Hungary was an independent country for not even 15 years when it joined the EU. Obviously, the idea of a liberal democracy wasn’t exactly widespread.
Edit: BTW, I’m from East Germany and honestly, a lot of people here don’t exactly cheer for democracy. If it had remained a separate country, it would now be just as dysfunctional and brain drained as Hungary and Bulgaria.