When electoral outcomes depend on conformity to approved narratives, voters are no longer citizens exercising constitutional rights—they are just pawns in a supervised process.
The Mercosur vote confirms a troubling pattern: Romania has become exemplary in compliance, yet persistently inadequate when it comes to defending its own national interest.
While Romania is obedient, Hungary fills the regional vacuum not because it is the most powerful state, but because it has the confidence to speak when others hesitate.
