nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/deace2142b1154ed DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 250313s2025||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/deace2142b1154ed doi eng 342 23 Iancu, Bogdan Author aut Romanian Militant Democracy and the Time Machine Iancu, Bogdan Verfassungsblog 2025-03-13 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Romania was recently rocked by the annulment of presidential elections in December 2024, a crisis stifled by the March 2025 invalidation of Georgescu’s candidacy in do-over elections. Mr. Georgescu, an ultranationalist firebrand, presents himself in a MAGA-style as the tribune of “the People” and a warrior against a “Soros-driven” elite conspiracy. Europhile opponents present the invalidations as valiant examples of militant democracy and rule of law in action. I argue that the story is both simpler and more complex, partly a local variant of “authoritarian liberalism”, partly an example of idiosyncratic Eastern traditions of the RoL in Euro-friendly attire. CC BY-SA 4.0 Călin Georgescu Election Invalidation Militant Democracy Rule of Law Rumänien Time Machine romania (DE-588)4050939-4 gnd Rumänien Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/romanian-militant-democracy-and-the-time-machine/ raw object