FILE PHOTO: Diana Iovanovici-Sosoaca, European Parliament member and a far-right Romanian politician, holds up religious icons, before a vote to choose the next President of the European Commission, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, July 18, 2024. REUTERS/Johanna Geron/File Photo
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's top court said a hardline nationalist candidate's pro-Russian, anti-European Union and anti-NATO opinions made her ineligible to run for president in an upcoming election.
The Constitutional Court decided late on Saturday to remove Diana Sosoaca, leader of small ultra-nationalist eurosceptic opposition party SOS Romania from the list of candidates, but only published an explanation of its ruling late on Monday.
