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Romania PM resigns after nationalist wins first-round of president vote
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Marcel Ciolacu, Romania's Prime Minister, has resigned. This decision was made after George Simion, a far-right opposition leader, won the first round of the presidential election re-run, gaining 41% of the votes. As a result, Simion will face Nicusor Dan, the Bucharest mayor and an independent centrist, in a run-off election set to take place on May 18. In the first round, Ciolacu's own party candidate failed to reach the second round after being narrowly defeated by Dan.
This is not just an electoral victory, it is a victory of Romanian dignity. It is the victory of those who have not lost hope, of those who still believe in Romania — a free, respected, sovereign country.
I want democracy, I want normality, and I have a single objective: to give back to the Romanian people what was taken from them and to place at the centre of decision-making the ordinary, honest, dignified people.
I have proposed to my colleagues to leave the governing coalition, which implicitly leads to my resignation as prime minister.
We saw how Romanians voted yesterday (Sunday), which means that the ruling coalition has no legitimacy, at least in this formula.
The next president was going to replace me anyway, that's what I've read.
European bureaucracy has declared war on 'non-systemic leaders' who are open supporters of US President D Trump and refuse to follow the instructions of the liberal elites ruling in the EU.
The anti-European group within the EU will become more substantial.
The problem now isn't that Romania is in a hard place, but that the EU is, should George Simion win.
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sources
- 1.France 24
- 2.The Guardian
- 3.CGTN
- 4.Le Monde
- 5.The Times
- 6.The Times of India
- 7.Agence France-Presse
- 8.Reuters
perspectives
- 1.Russian Foreign Policy
- 2.Russia-Ukraine War
- 3.Election
- 4.Protests
- 5.Rise of Far-Right in Europe
- 6.Social Media
- 7.European Commission under Ursula von der Leyen
- 8.Multilateralism
- 9.Electoral Fraud
- 10.Hungary under Viktor Orbán
- 11.Enlargement of the European Union
countries
- 1.Australia
- 2.France
- 3.Hungary
- 4.Italy
- 5.Moldova, Republic of
- 6.Romania
- 7.Russian Federation
- 8.Slovakia
- 9.Ukraine
- 10.Holy See (Vatican City State)
organizations
- 1.Social Democratic Party
- 2.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 3.TikTok
- 4.European Union
- 5.Liberal Party
- 6.Alliance for the Unity of Romanians
- 7.Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
- 8.European Commission
- 9.Russian Intelligence Services
- 10.Save Romania Union
- 11.Socialist Party
- 12.YouTube
persons
- 1.George Simion
- 2.Donald Trump
- 3.Marcel Ciolacu
- 4.Nicusor Dan
- 5.Calin Georgescu
- 6.Crin Antonescu
- 7.James David Vance
- 8.Tom Kington
- 9.Adam Sage
- 10.Cristian Pirvulescu
- 11.Donald Trump Jr
- 12.Elon Musk