In Romania, the 2024 presidential election faced controversy when the Constitutional Court annulled the first round of results, largely influenced by claims from intelligence services alleging foreign meddling. Particularly, these allegations targeted anti-establishment candidate Calin Georgescu, leading to the belief that his lead was due to a Russian interference campaign. However, subsequent findings, including internal documents from TikTok that contradicted these claims, pointed to the involvement of another Romanian political party in funding the alleged interference campaign. Despite the lack of evidence supporting allegations of Russian-backed campaigns, the European Commission moved forward with its claims which were criticized as a form of political censorship. A US House Judiciary Committee report later described the EU's actions as the