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Simion, Romania and pro-EU

Romania heads to runoff as far-right Simion challenges pro-EU Dan for presidency

A Simion victory would strengthen the bloc of Euroskeptic leaders already governing EU countries — a group that includes Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico. Like them,

CNN on MSN · 1d

George Simion, a MAGA-courting populist, could become Romania’s president in controversial election re-run

Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five months after the original election was annulled.

Sky News on MSN · 18h

George Simion: Meeting the proud pro-Trumper who could be Romania's new president

George Simion is just 38 years old but now sitting on the threshold of remarkable power. He is the populist politician who has made it to the run-off to become Romania's president.

Romania, presidential election

Romania Insider · 2h

Romania presidential elections 2025: Over one million extra voters registered in the country halfway through the voting process

Romanians showed up in large numbers to vote in the second round of the country’s presidential elections, one of the most important democratic tests Romania has seen in the last three decades. At 14:00,

AFP on MSN · 12h

Romanians to vote in tight presidential election rerun

Romanians go to the polls Sunday in a tense presidential election rerun, a tight race between a nationalist and a centrist that could reshape the direction of the pro-Brussels country bordering war-torn Ukraine.

Deutsche Welle on MSN · 18h

EU watches high-stakes presidential election in Romania

The hard-right "sovereignist" George Simion is going head-to-head with the pro-EU liberal Nicusor Dan in Sunday's presidential runoff in Romania. "Democracy or illiberalism," " Europe or isolation," "mathematics champion or football hooligan"-- these are some of the headlines and assessments in independent Romanian media outlets in the run-up to the second

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Poland, Romania presidential elections held amid Russian interference, far-right surge — what you need to know

Poland and Romania — key NATO allies bordering Ukraine — are holding presidential elections on May 18, with both votes ...

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Romania could be next to elect a right-wing populist: What to know

George Simion suggests Romania, a member of the European Union and NATO, should stop aiding Ukraine. Ukraine has banned him as a “national security threat.” ...

In Romania, a presidential candidate was removed from a polling station

Law enforcement officers escorted George Simion, who is a candidate for president of Romania and leader of the nationalist ...

The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel4h

Trumpist faces pro-EU mayor in tight Romania presidential rerun

Romanians began voting Sunday in a tense presidential election rerun, a tight race between a fan of US President Donald Trump ...

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Romania’s hard-right election front-runner Simion seeks to capitalize on voters’ discontent

The front-runner in Romania's presidential election, George Simion, accuses the current government of attacking democracy and ...

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A Russian-stoked protest movement lifts a MAGA-like populist in Romania

Sunday’s presidential election in Romania could have significant implications for NATO and the European Union if the ...

Huge turnout in Romania’s cliffhanger election

Romanians flocked to polling stations on Sunday in large numbers to elect the country’s next president, in a choice between a pro-EU centrist and a far-right Eurosceptic.

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Will Romania vote take country away from European mainstream?

Voters are choosing between hard-right Euro-sceptic George Simion and liberal mayor Nicusor Dan in a presidential run-off.

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