Calin Georgescu came first in the first round of the presidential election in Romania. The far-right pro-Russian candidate has already castigated NATO on several occasions. Romania, a member of this organization and neighbor of Ukraine, hosts NATO’s ballistic missile defense shield. What could happen if Calin Georgescu won the presidential election on December 8 and if his camp won the legislative elections on December 1? Interview with Florent Parmentier, secretary general at the Sciences Po Political Research Center in Paris (Cevipof) and specialist in Central and Eastern Europe.
RFI: Several bases of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) are located in Romania. Almost 5 000 NATO soldiers are deployed in this country from 19 million inhabitants. France launched the Aigle mission in 2022 in reaction to the Russian offensive in Ukraine. Does Romania occupy a strategic place within the Atlantic Alliance?
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