Toni Grebla, president of the permanent electoral authority in Romania. The decision came after the recount and verification of more than 9.4m ballots showed no significant differences compared to the first result (Photo: Government of Romania)

Far-right victory in first-round of Romanian election confirmed by court

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by Salomé Bonneyrat, Brussels,

Romania’s constitutional court has upheld the first round of the presidential election result, in which the far-right candidate Călin Georgescu emerged as frontrunner, after recount of all the votes.

“Even if some differences between the candidates were found [...] they are only considered possible material errors in the counting of the votes cast, without rel...