The AUR looks to root out infiltrators ahead of European elections.
Romania’s far-Right AUR party has announced it will make candidates take lie detector tests to prove their loyalty ahead of European Parliament elections.
The aim is to unearth any “infiltrators” and showcase the party’s commitment to transparency ahead of the key poll, where it is expected to perform well.
“When you go to war you have to ensure team cohesion,” Dan Tanasa, the party’s spokesman, explained on Romanian TV.
Local leaders and potential candidates from the party will be required to pass a polygraph ahead of the elections on June 9, with the first tests due to be carried out on Monday, the party has said.
Mr Tanasa said the test would serve as an “integrity test” to highlight the party’s commitment to transparency before the electorate while also scrutinising the allegiance of its members.