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#candidacy

"I was taken aback by the support I received, I wasn't expecting that level of support from people across the country, in English and Irish," she said speaking in Irish.

The former president made the role seem like a bigger deal than it was ever intended to be, and this might be hampering the search for the next one.

Peter Erdo is a highly cultured man respected for broad learning and expertise in church law, but lacks the common touch seen in Francis's papacy.

Romania's central election authority barred far-right candidate Calin Georgescu from the presidential election re-run, a decision leaders termed undemocratic and challengeable in court.