Romanian election bureau rules opposition to EU and NATO membership is anti-constitutional

Romania’s electoral body has disqualified another politician, Diana Șoșoacă, from the presidential election re-run. In doing so on March 15, the Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) cited her public rhetoric — including opposition to Romania’s European Union and NATO membership — as incompatible with the constitutional duties of the presidency. Șoșoacă is an MEP for the right-wing Eurosceptic SOS Romania Party — and unaligned in the European Parliament.