Webinar: Romanian Presidential Elections 2.0: Has Romania Learned any Lessons for the 2025 Elections? | 24 APRIL 2025 | 3 PM CET
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and Expert Forum (EFOR) are pleased to invite you to a briefing on Romania’s upcoming 2025 presidential elections, set to take place on May 4 and 18. After the annulment of the 2024 elections, public interest in organizing the new electoral process increased significantly. Key aspects such as candidate registration, campaigning, […]
Romania | Temporary legislation: how parties modify the composition of the electoral commissions to serve their interest
Romanian EPDE member Expert Forum (EFOR) published a report on the modification of the composition of the electoral commissions. The way electoral commissions are setup has changed constantly in recent years. But not always through laws discussed in Parliament long before the election date, but through emergency ordinances or articles crammed into a long list […]
Elections: What happened online, and how can similar disruptions be prevented in the future?
One of the critical questions surrounding Romania’s political, social, and democratic crisisis: what happened on TikTok? Why is it impossible to conduct thorough research, andhow we could use the retention order issued by the European Commission requiringTikTok to preserve data related to the Romanian elections? To address this, we must consider multiple perspectives, beginning with […]
Romania | Candidate support signatures: the need for urgent reform
Romanian EPDE member Expert Forum (EFOR) has analysed the procedures for verifying the support signatures for candidates in the 2025 elections. The number of signatures remains high and is by far the highest in the EU, limiting electoral competition, but also hampering the integrity of the process. The large number of signatures generates possible violations of […]
Romania | Expert Forum’s Response to Elon Musk’s Disinformation and Intimidation Campaign
Expert Forum’s Official Position on Elon Musk’s Intimidation Campaign Expert Forum (EFOR) and our fellow civil society organizations are facing an unprecedented attack from powerful figures like Elon Musk. We believe this is an increasingly dangerous attempt at intimidation, deliberately singling out Expert Forum (EFOR) and other Romanian NGOs in this context. Such actions aim […]
Romania: Preliminary observation report of the 1 December parliamentary elections
The Vot Corect Coalition published the monitoring report of the December 1 parliamentary elections. The coalition consists of the Expert Forum, the Center for Civic Resources, Civica, the Center for the Study of Democracy, Radautiul Civic and the Electoral Observatory. Code for Romania ensures the development of the Vote Monitor smartphone application, with which we […]
Manipulated or Mobilized? TikTok, Poll Failures, and the Surge of Romania’s Far-Right
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and Expert Forum (EFOR) are pleased to invite you to the second briefing on the parliamentary and presidential elections in Romania, taking place over three consecutive weekends between November 24 and December 8, 2024. Romania’s autumn elections brought a shock: an unknown far-right candidate won the first round […]
Romania: Preliminary observations for the November 24 Presidential Elections (1st round)
Summary The elections held on November 24 were competitive, and fundamental rights were generally respected. However, scheduling elections over three consecutive weeks failed to adequately separate the presidential elections from the parliamentary ones, leading to mutual influence between the two campaigns and creating significant organizational challenges. While electoral authorities generally managed the technical aspects of […]
Webinar: Breathless run for office? Media and public party finances in Romania’s election marathon
The European Platform for Democratic Elections (EPDE) and Expert Forum (EFOR) are pleased to invite you to our first briefing in a two-part series on the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections in Romania, taking place over three consecutive weekends between November 24 and December 8, 2024. During this intense electoral period, Romanian voters will head […]
Expert Forum
Expert Forum (EFOR) is a think tank based in Bucharest, set up by well-known experts in public policy and public governance reform. The main domains covered by the organization are: administration reform and public sector integrity; decentralization, regional development, public finance; justice and anticorruption reform; energy as security issue in Eastern Europe; active citizenship and […]