The Debate - Romanian surprise: Why did the far right fall short in presidential election?

Romanian far-right leader defeated in runoff, Holocaust-minimizing party sidestepped

Romanian right-wing candidate whose party called the Holocaust a ‘minor topic’ loses presidential election.

The Debate - Romanian surprise: Why did the far right fall short in presidential election?

Two weeks after the far right's George Simion garnered a whopping 41 percent in the first round of presidential elections, a surge in voter turnout instead propelled the pro-EU mayor of Bucharest Nicosur…

Romanian right-wing candidate whose party called the Holocaust a ‘minor topic’ loses presidential election

(JTA) — A far-right politician from a political party with a record of minimizing the Holocaust will not lead Romania, after a tense runoff election finished with the centrist candidate winning 54% of the vote. The outcome was seen as surprising because George Simion, of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, had been far ahead in a first round of voting earlier this month. Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, prevailed after Simion floundered…

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