Jack Dean

Dec 10, 2024 | cepa.org | Jack Dean |Alison Mutler |Anda Bologa

With the focus on the foreign policy implications of Romania’s 2024 elections, it has largely gone unnoticed that three separate political parties espousing anti-vaccination narratives entered parliament. In addition, an independent candidate who denies the existence of the Covid-19 virus made it to the second round of the presidential elections, prior to its annulment by the courts. These are medical populists — a political style that exploits the fear of illness and poor medical treatment.