George Simion, a Romanian Nationalist Who Loves to Shock

Le Monde

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Video - The leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians created the surprise by winning the first round of the presidential election in Romania, with a staggering score.

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George Simion, who hopes to become President of Romania on Sunday, has managed in a few years to be the leader of the far right, trying to smooth his sulphurous image to run for the supreme post. ...

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The social media service Tiktok has stirred up Romanian politics. Now the country is electing a new president.

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Born on 21 September 1986 in Focșani, a city in Romanian Moldova, this far-right activist becomes a leading figure during the pandemic crisis. On social networks and in the media, through his cleavage and viral statements, he finds an increasing audience by denying the reality of the virus and spreading a radical conspiracy discourse. Simion refuses to speak of a pandemic but speaks of "plandemia" 8 — a plan orchestrated by the "globalists" to c…

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An anti-system candidate wins the second turn of the election the president of Rome on this Sunday (18). It remains only to know whether he is an ex-hooligan, admirer of Donald Trump and who argued about the fates of the neighbors Moldova and Ukraine nana or the preferred Bucharest, a tic math formed in Sorbonne, ex-activist against speculation the real estate and no party. Read more (05/17/2025