In a disturbing and all-too-familiar flip of occasions, Romania’s latest presidential election has been marred by overseas interference, blatant censorship makes an attempt, and an alarming assault on nationwide sovereignty.
The more and more determined and unscrupulous globalist institution—now led by France—is dealing with critical accusations of trying to subvert Romanian democracy. Allegations have surfaced that French authorities pressured the founding father of the influential social media platform Telegram to silence conservative voices after anti-globalist candidates Calin Georgescu and George Simion scored decisive victories—first in an annulled preliminary spherical, and once more within the re-run that adopted.
Within the re-run of the primary spherical of the election held on Could 4, Simion, a conservative-nationalist firebrand who opposes navy entanglements in Ukraine and champions Romania-first insurance policies, threatened to upend the left-liberal globalist order by securing 40% of the vote.
However as we’ve all witnessed, an electoral defeat means little to the globalist institution. Dropping on the poll field doesn’t compel them to relinquish energy—removed from it.
Final yr, when unbiased nationalist Calin Georgescu received the primary spherical with a commanding lead, the Constitutional Courtroom annulled the outcomes, citing obscure “irregularities” and supposed “Russian interference.” Unsurprisingly, no proof was ever produced. Georgescu was then banned from working once more—a chilling transfer condemned by pro-humanity forces throughout Europe and ignored utterly or forcefully supported by globalist regime enjoyers.
US Vice President J.D. Vance even cited the case earlier this yr as proof of the EU’s escalating struggle on democratic sovereignty, saying, when the individuals vote the unsuitable manner, the elites simply cancel the outcomes
Now, a brand new bombshell threatens to additional delegitimize the already illegitimate Romanian election. Pavel Durov, founding father of the encrypted messaging app Telegram, revealed that French intelligence instantly pressured him to silence Romanian conservatives on-line forward of the election. Durov named Nicolas Lerner, head of France’s Directorate-Common for Exterior Safety (DGSE), because the official who tried to strong-arm him throughout a personal assembly in Paris.
“This spring on the Salon des Batailles within the Resort de Crillon, Nicolas Lerner, head of French intelligence, requested me to ban conservative voices in Romania forward of elections. I refused,” Durov wrote. “We didn’t block protesters in Russia, Belarus, or Iran. We received’t begin doing it in Europe.”
Durov, who holds a number of citizenships together with French, posted a symbolic “baguette emoji” to initially trace at France’s involvement earlier than publicly naming Lerner. His refusal to play together with the globalist script has earned him reward from freedom advocates, together with Elon Musk, who posted “Hear, hear!” in response to Durov’s stand.
However the French International Ministry, unsurprisingly, dismissed the allegations as “utterly unfounded,” calling them a “diversionary maneuver,” regardless of the rising mountain of circumstantial proof and their very own historical past of aggressive censorship insurance policies.
Romanian conservative candidate George Simion, in his typical model, didn’t pull any punches. In an interview forward of the runoff, he accused the French state and overseas establishments of actively working to subvert the need of Romanian voters. “They’re placing some huge cash and stress—by way of their ambassador right here, and thru overseas establishments—as a way to rob the Romanian individuals of their vote,” Simion advised entrepreneur and journalist Mario Nawfal.
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Romania’s Presidential frontrunner:
“Let’s rejoice provided that I’m within the presidential seat and I’m not killed by a bullet or one thing.”@GeorgeSimion is on the verge of a political earthquake.
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— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) Could 16, 2025
His warnings proved prophetic. Regardless of his decisive first-round victory and constructive polling numbers simply earlier than the election, Simion misplaced in a razor-thin runoff on Could 18 to Nicusor Dan—a globalist-backed centrist extremist bureaucrat beloved in Brussels, who parroted the standard pro-EU and pro-NATO traces. Simply months in the past, Dan was struggling to keep up reputation as Bucharest’s mayor. Now he’s president of your entire nation? Proper…
This suspicious reversal, following each the annulment of the Georgescu victory and tried censorship of Simion’s assist base, factors to a really clear sample of globalist manipulation that can not be ignored.
Durov’s refusal to help on this censorship marketing campaign comes amid rising stress on various platforms to bow to state management. French authorities had beforehand focused Durov in what now seems to be a politically motivated witch hunt, arresting him final yr on questionable fees earlier than releasing him on €5 million bail. It’s a tactic more and more utilized by the regime to discredit and intimidate dissenters.
In a telling comment, Durov said: “You possibly can’t ‘defend democracy’ by destroying democracy.” That precept seems misplaced on the Western elite, who now routinely overturn elections and silence dissidents underneath the guise of “defending” democratic norms.
