Far-right Trump ally leads first round of Romania’s rerun presidential election, partial count shows
George Simion, whose AUR party opposes military aid to Ukraine and vilifies EU leaders, will face centrist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan in runoff voteAn ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has vilified the EU’s leaders, and calls himself Donald Trump’s “natural ally” has won the first round of Romania’s rerun presidential vote and will face a centrist in the run-off, as vote counting nears its end.With 95% of votes counted late on Sunday, George Simion, whose far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) began as an anti-vax movement during the pandemic, was comfortably in the lead on a projected 40% of the vote. Continue reading...
George Simion, whose AUR party opposes military aid to Ukraine and vilifies EU leaders, will face centrist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan in runoff vote
An ultranationalist who opposes military aid to Ukraine, has vilified the EU’s leaders, and calls himself Donald Trump’s “natural ally” has won the first round of Romania’s rerun presidential vote and will face a centrist in the run-off, as vote counting nears its end.
With 95% of votes counted late on Sunday, George Simion, whose far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) began as an anti-vax movement during the pandemic, was comfortably in the lead on a projected 40% of the vote. Continue reading...
