Romania’s constitutional court threw out the results of the election’s first round and delayed the second round. The sitting government says there was a vast influence effort by a foreign actor to boost the candidacy of a candidate dubbed as pro-Russian, anti-NATO and anti-semitic. Nick Schifrin reports.
Today, a member of NATO in the European Union took a step nearly unheard of. That's throwing out the results of an election. That's what happened in Romania, a country that's been vital to Ukraine's efforts against Russia and also hosts U.S. troops.
Romania's Constitution annulled the results because of what the sitting government calls a vast influence effort by a foreign actor to boost the candidacy of a candidate dubbed pro-Russian.
As Nick Schifrin reports, the effort was largely run on TikTok.
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Romania is a Ukraine supporter and a member of NATO
Romania election results thrown out after Russian interference claims.
