Unexpected hard-right candidate surges in presidential vote – POLITICO

Unexpected hard-right candidate surges in presidential vote – POLITICO

Georgescu, extremely religious and nationalistic, campaigned on reducing Romania’s reliance on imports, supporting farmers, and increasing domestic production of food and energy. He has also argued that the EU and NATO do not properly represent Romanian interests and claimed Russia’s war in Ukraine, a Romanian neighbor, is manipulated by American military companies. A little-known university … Read more

Reformist candidate on track to beat hard-right leader and reach presidential runoff – POLITICO

Reformist candidate on track to beat hard-right leader and reach presidential runoff – POLITICO

Romania is on track to buck the global trend of a hard-right pivot with reformist candidate Elena Lasconi forecast to beat nationalist George Simion to reach the final round of the country’s presidential election, early exit polls showed Sunday. Romania’s current center-left Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu is set to come out on top in the … Read more