Romanian MEP Vadim Tudor Indicted For Assault, Disobeying Court Orders

Vadim Tudor’s trial will start on June 21 at the High Court of Justice.

According to prosecutors, Vadim Tudor directly threatened the legal executor and the police officers assisting the evacuation of the party’s headquarters in January this year. Vadim Tudor assaulted and insulted public officials and refused to obey court orders.

The evacuation of the Greater Romania Party started on January 4 in the presence of executor Paula Daniela Somaldoc and police officers, and was marked by rows, clashes between authorities and party members and ridden with expletives. Somaldoc said at that time she would seek legal action against the party leader.

Vadim Tudor pushed and cursed at the chief of the police team assisting the executor in evacuating the building after police had prevented his brother, Marcu Tudor, from entering the building. After barricading themselves inside the building for hours, party members did evacuate the premises late at night on January 4.

The building in question has been reclaimed by Andrew George Caranfil, heir to Nicolae Caranfil, a great Romanian engineer.