
Nationalist Leader Simion Cleared To Run in Romania’s Presidential Race
With polls showing a likely runoff against liberal Nicușor Dan, Simion faces an uphill battle as ‘pro-European’ parties are set to unite against him.
With polls showing a likely runoff against liberal Nicușor Dan, Simion faces an uphill battle as ‘pro-European’ parties are set to unite against him.
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.
The EU needs reforms to pull back from the “recent ideological madness,” the Polish former PM said.
Prosecutor accuses AUR of fabricating “thousands of lists of supporters” to launch the EU campaign of an AUR-linked independent candidate.