General relief in Brussels after the unexpected victory of Nicușor Dan in Romania, against George Simion, his opponent who had led the first round by a wide margin. While the final result is clear, the election remains tainted by an indelible stain: This vote should never have taken place, as the November election was annulled for entirely fictitious and arbitrary reasons. In other words, the most serious electoral scandal in the history of European integration.
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