A top Romanian court has asked the official electoral authority to recount and verify all of the ballots cast in the first round of the presidential election.

Responsibility for the rise of the far right lies primarily with nominally “left” forces, who have adapted to nationalism and supported NATO’s war with Russia in Ukraine.

Romanians vote in a parliamentary election on Sunday in which the far right is expected to gain from uncertainty over whether the shock result in a presidential election will stand. Days after far-right politician Calin Georgescu won most votes in the presidential election first round,

Most polls predicted Calin Georgescu to win less than 10% of the vote in the first round of Romania’s presidential election.