US EditionRomanian Nationalist Closes TikTok, Facebook Accounts Ahead of Vote
- Romanian nationalist candidate George Simion closed his TikTok and Facebook accounts on Saturday to respect the day of silence before Sunday’s presidential runoff.
- This action occurred amid a tense election held five months after the constitutional court annulled the initial vote following alleged Russian interference and a large pro-far-right social media campaign.
- Simion, 38, who has amassed over 1.5 million followers on social media, is competing against Nicusor Dan, the pro-European mayor of Bucharest, in a closely monitored runoff that has drawn attention from Brussels and Washington.
- Simion announced he would deactivate his social media profiles to observe the day of silence and encouraged others to follow suit, while political scientist Sergiu Miscoiu criticized the gesture as a distraction.
- If elected, Simion may position Romania alongside a growing group of EU countries led by nationalist figures skeptical of the EU leadership in Brussels and inclined to decrease military support for Ukraine, a key matter given Romania’s NATO membership and proximity to the conflict.
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Romanian Nationalist Candidate Closes TikTok and Facebook Accounts Ahead of Election
Romanian nationalist presidential candidate George Simion said on Saturday he was closing his TikTok and Facebook accounts ahead of the election, "respecting a day of silence" ahead of Sunday's tense election.
Hungary: the Surprising Support of Viktor Orbán to George Simion, Romania's Far Right Candidate
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Simion Supporters in Romania Want to 'Protect Traditions and Move Forward as a Nation'
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