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Podcast: Bungacast
Episode: /486/ Romania Is Following the Script ft. EnikΕ Vincze
Description: On Romania's annulled election β and the repeat.
Academic and housing activist EnikΕ Vincze talks to Alex about why December 2024's election result was annulled, and how Romanian politics is following the script of European politics: lawfare, misinformation, techno-populism, and "sovereigntists" who provide the same neoliberal solutions.
Who are the contenders in the May 2025 election and what do they represent?
To what extent do Simion and AUR represent an 'anti-system' candidacy? How do they compare to other European radical rightists?
Is Romanian politics really torn between Brussels and Moscow, or is something els...