Extreme-right candidate Calin Georgescu stunned many in Romania when he won the first round of a presidential vote in November. This weekend, he was barred from participating in May’s presidential vote redo, sparking clashes between his supporters and police. Oana Popescu-Zamfir, director of Bucharest’s Global Focus Center, discusses the implications with The World’s Host Carolyn Beeler.
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