Explainer: Why is Calin Georgescu's Romanian presidential bid being blocked?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

64% : The first is the court's decision to void December's election after concluding that it had been spoiled by vote manipulation, campaign irregularities and non-transparent funding along with suspected Russian meddling, a charge denied by Moscow.
47% : However, his opposition to higher European defence spending - something demanded by Trump - and to NATO military bases in Romania would be a potential irritant in future relations with the U.S. if he ever did become president.
38% : Analysts have also said allowing Georgescu to run for the presidency brought greater risks than blocking him as his hostility to NATO and the EU and his opposition to providing military aid to Ukraine would completely upend Romania's current pro-Western path at a difficult geopolitical juncture for Europe.

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