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Romania’s political year in review: A lost year, amid the pandemic and two election rounds
With the pandemic and the elections taking the center stage, Romania’s politicians didn’t have time for anything else. Thus, 2020 can be considered a lost year in local politics. Moreover, the result of the December 6 parliamentary…
Andrei Chirileasa · Journalist
· Updated · 9 min read
With the pandemic and the elections taking the center stage, Romania’s politicians didn’t have time for anything else. Thus, 2020 can be considered a lost year in local politics. Moreover, the result of the December 6 parliamentary elections, which has been tighter than previously estimated, is likely to maintain rather than change the status quo in the following years. This is the 2020 political year in review.
The 2020 political year can be divided into four chapters: pre-pandemic, state of emergency, local elections, and parliamentary elections.
