Simion’s Rise to Power Would Endanger Ethnic Hungarians, Analyst Says
The winner of the first round of the
presidential race in Romania is known for his anti-Hungarian tirades.
The winner of the first round of the
presidential race in Romania is known for his anti-Hungarian tirades.

The ruling establishment parties failed to advance by a tiny margin—which many believe was the real reason behind the original election being annulled.
The governing coalition candidate only finished in third place.

George Simion is the new presidential frontrunner, but there are questions over whether he will share the same fate as his predecessor.

“Europe is now a dictatorship, Romania is under tyranny,” claimed Călin Georgescu, as his tear-gassed supporters clashed with riot police.

ECR co-president Nicola Procaccini: AUR party has ‘changed’; no longer too extreme to join the group.

The party had been frequently criticized for its extreme views in the past, yet now is part of Giorgia Meloni’s “constructive center-right force” in Brussels.

“AUR has no interest in promoting the common good,” says MEP representing Romania’s ethnic Hungarian community in Brussels during a time of growing tensions back home.

Prosecutor accuses AUR of fabricating “thousands of lists of supporters” to launch the EU campaign of an AUR-linked independent candidate.

Controversies surrounding AUR may make post-election right-wing groupings in Brussels more difficult.