
Nationalist Leader Joins Romania’s Presidential Race After Georgescu Banned
George Simion is the new presidential frontrunner, but there are questions over whether he will share the same fate as his predecessor.
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.
As the Romanian nationalist party looks for a home in Brussels’ conservative bloc after the 2024 EP elections, there are things prospective partners should consider, as not all that glitters is ‘gold.’
“Violence cannot be tolerated”: The former Romanian PM pressed charges after being assaulted by supporters of the opposition AUR during a protest in Bucharest, while a Hungarian minority party MP who was threatened called it “unacceptable.”