FOURTH SECTION DECISION Application no. 37327/24 Călin GEORGESCU against Romania The European Court of Human Rights (Fourth Section), sitting on 11 February 2025 as a Committee composed of: Jolien Schukking, President, Faris Vehabović, Lorraine Schembri Orland, judges, and Simeon Petrovski, Deputy Section Registrar, Having regard to: the application (no. 37327/24) against Romania lodged with the Court under Article 34 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (“the Convention”) on 16 December 2024 by a Romanian national, Mr Călin Georgescu, who was born in 1962, lives in Mogoșoaia (“the applicant”), and was represented by Ms Maria Vasii, a lawyer practising in Hunedoara; Having deliberated, decides as follows: SUBJECT MATTER OF THE CASE 1. The application concerns the annulment, by a decision adopted on 6 December 2024 by the Constitutional Court of Romania, of the electoral process concerning the presidential elections in Romania. The applicant invokes Articles 6, 10, 11 and 13 of the Convention and Article 3 of Protocol No. 1 to the Convention. A. Background of the case 2. The applicant was a candidate in the elections for the President of Romania which were held on 24 November 2024, with a second round of elections due to take place on 8 December 2024, as no candidate obtained an absolute majority of votes cast in the first round. After the first round, on