Annulment of the presidential elections in Romania and the role of the Commission following Thierry Breton’s remarks
15.1.2025
Priority question for written answer P-000150/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Matthieu Valet (PfE)
On 6 December 2024, the far-right candidate Călin Georgescu came first in the first round of Romania’s presidential elections. However, these elections were immediately annulled by the Romanian Constitutional Court on controversial grounds, sparking heated debate and leading to the opening of an investigation by the Commission.
On 9 January 2025, former European Commissioner Thierry Breton told French television channel RMC Story that if the German AfD party won the elections in Germany, they could also be annulled by the European Union, ‘as was done in Romania’, he said[1].
On 12 January 2025, thousands of Romanians took to the streets of Bucharest to protest against the annulment of the elections and express their dissatisfaction with this decision, which was seen as an attack on national sovereignty.
- 1.Does the Commission support Thierry Breton’s remarks concerning the possible annulment of elections in Germany?
- 2.Did the Commission exert any direct or indirect influence on the decision to annul the presidential elections in Romania?
- 3.If so, in what context and for what reasons?
Submitted: 15.1.2025
- [1] https://rmc.bfmtv.com/actualites/international/on-l-a-fait-en-roumanie-thierry-breton-reagit-aux-ingerences-de-musk-en-allemagne-avec-l-afd_AN-202501090232.html