MIL-OSI Europe: Answer to a written question – Request for clarification concerning France’s possible interference in the 2025 Romanian presidential election – P-002053/2025(ASW)

The organisation and conduct of elections are the competence and responsibility of the Member States, in accordance with their national constitutional rules and legislation, as well as their international obligations and applicable EU law. National authorities and courts are primarily responsible for ensuring compliance with the applicable rules.

On 22 May 2025, the Romanian’s Constitutional Court formally validated the outcome of the 2025 Romanian Presidential elections.

The Commission does not intervene in the organisation and conduct of elections.

The Commission supports Member States on electoral matters, mainly through the framework of the European cooperation network on elections[1], which hosts exchanges among competent authorities, for instance on good practices to support turnout.

The Commission is also working with Member States to support the application of EU law provisions relevant in national electoral contexts, such as those in the Digital Services Act[2], the regulation 2024/900 on the transparency and targeting of political advertising[3] (which will apply in full from October 2025), the General Data Protection Regulation[4] and the Artificial Intelligence Act[5].

These measures help ensure fundamental rights, including data protection, freedom of expression and information.

• [1] https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/democracy-eu-citizenship-anti-corruption/democracy-and-electoral-rights/european-cooperation-network-elections_en.
• [2] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32022R2065. In 2024, the Commission issued Guidelines for providers of Very Large Online Platforms and Very Large Online Search Engines on the mitigation of systemic risks for electoral processes, https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52024XC03014&qid=1714466886277.
• [3] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/900/oj/eng.
• [4] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2016/679/oj/eng.
• [5] https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1689/oj/eng.