A challenge for Ukraine and a shock for NATO – the Western media about the elections in Romania

According to the mass media, the likely victory of the pro-Russian candidate Georgescu could lead to the isolation of Romania in the West and the weakening of its support for Ukraine.

The risk that the NATO skeptic, the pro-Russian candidate Celin Georgescu, will become the president of Romania next Sunday worries the Alliance.

This is stated in the article of Rolitico.

The publication reminds that Romania is a country with a population of 19 million, which has been a member of NATO for two decades, and here is located an air base that could become the largest in Europe.

“Romania borders Ukraine, looks across the Black Sea to Russian-occupied Crimea, ships weapons and ammunition to Kyiv, and hosts the American Aegis Ashore missile defense system in Deveselu in southern Romania, where Romanian and American troops are based,” notes Rolitico.

But these international connections cause regret for Georgescu, who…