Romania should stop making substantial changes to the legal framework before elections

Romania should refrain from making substantial changes to the legal framework shortly before elections, according to recommendations issued in a report by the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities of the Council of Europe, referring to the local elections held last June. The document comes in response to a complaint about alleged irregularities in last summer's local elections.

According to a statement from the institution, although the 2024 local elections in Romania were generally well organized, they remained significantly affected by the introduction, just a few months before, of an Emergency Ordinance to organize the European Parliament elections on the same day.

Translated by: Radu Matei