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Romania holds high-stakes presidential election rerun with populist candidate in lead position
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Romanian presidential election has entered its second round with hard-right nationalist George Simion facing off against pro-EU liberal Nicusor Dan, a contest perceived as a choice between East and West. Simion won 41% of the ballots cast in the first round of the re-run election on May 4 and many see him as carrying on the legacy of Calin Georgescu, a former ally who was later barred from the run-off after being charged with crimes.
I am very skeptical about the fact that Vladimir Putin really goes to church with a good soul to pray to God.
The only thing that can stop us is some people interfering with the voting process.
Those who carried out the coup should be skinned alive in the public square.
It's not normal to attack brothers in the same faith like Russians did with Ukrainians.
Together, we will oppose illegal immigration and anti-American sentiments in Europe!
The source of this is that the main traditional parties, instead of respecting the democratic game with one in power and the other in opposition, got together and were very inefficient governing the country. That's why today the country is almost bankrupt.
This election isn't just about the president of Romania but about its entire direction.
Romania has clearly gotten in a muddle over its elections and is trying to artificially blame everything on an invented external enemy.
Simion's election would mark a sea change in Romanian politics, creating significant risks to domestic stability, Bucharest-Brussels relations, and EU unity over Ukraine.
This is but a thin veil to hide Putin's authoritarian playbook designed to take control of Romania without firing a shot.
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sources
- 1.DW News
- 2.The Washington Post
- 3.The Guardian
- 4.France 24
- 5.The Times of India
- 6.CNN
- 7.Le Monde
- 8.Agence France-Presse
- 9.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.Albania
- 2.Austria
- 3.Belgium
- 4.France
- 5.United Kingdom
- 6.Hungary
- 7.Italy
- 8.Moldova, Republic of
- 9.Montenegro
- 10.Poland
- 11.Portugal
- 12.Romania
organizations
- 1.European Union
- 2.North Atlantic Treaty Organisation
- 3.Alliance for the Unity of Romanians
- 4.Law and Justice party
- 5.TikTok
- 6.Facebook
- 7.Save Romania Union
- 8.Civic Coalition
- 9.Democratic Alliance
- 10.Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania
- 11.Eurasia Group
- 12.GlobalFocus Center
persons
- 1.Nicusor Dan
- 2.George Simion
- 3.Calin Georgescu
- 4.Donald Trump
- 5.Viktor Orban
- 6.Giorgia Meloni
- 7.James David Vance
- 8.Karol Nawrocki
- 9.Robert Fico
- 10.Siegfried Mureșan
- 11.Vladimir Putin
- 12.Adrian Zuckerman