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People wave Romanian and European Union flags during a pro-European rally ahead of the country's Dec. 8 runoff presidential elections in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

People wave Romanian and European Union flags during a pro-European rally ahead of the country's Dec. 8 runoff presidential elections in Bucharest, Romania, Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man holds a religious icon outside the closed voting station where Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, was supposed to vote, after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man holds a religious icon outside the closed voting station where Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, was supposed to vote, after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

People walk by a newspaper stand after the Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the country's presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote Calin Georgescu a far-right outsider who won the first round, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

People walk by a newspaper stand after the Constitutional Court annulled the first round of the country's presidential election, days after allegations that Russia ran a coordinated online campaign to promote Calin Georgescu a far-right outsider who won the first round, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Dec. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A poster of Elena Lasconi, presidential candidate who entered the presidential runoff in second position, is placed outside the closed voting station where Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, was supposed to vote, after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A poster of Elena Lasconi, presidential candidate who entered the presidential runoff in second position, is placed outside the closed voting station where Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, was supposed to vote, after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man records video of Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, speaking to media outside a closed voting station after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

A man records video of Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate for president who won the first round of presidential elections, speaking to media outside a closed voting station after Romania's Constitutional Court annulled the first round of presidential elections, in Mogosoaia, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Supporters of the right wing Alliance for Unity of the Romanians (AUR) hold posters of Romania's President Klaus Iohannis reading "Iohannis Enough - Romania belongs to Romanians, not to dictators" in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

Supporters of the right wing Alliance for Unity of the Romanians (AUR) hold posters of Romania's President Klaus Iohannis reading "Iohannis Enough - Romania belongs to Romanians, not to dictators" in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday, Dec. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)