US EditionThousands join a pro-EU rally in Romania’s capital as pivotal presidential runoff looms
- Thousands of people rallied in Bucharest on May 16, 2025, to support Romania's European Union membership ahead of the May 18 presidential runoff.
- The rally occurred amid heightened political tensions as far-right nationalist George Simion leads against pro-EU centrist Nicusor Dan in the runoff.
- Simion secured 40.9 percent in the May 4 first round and is projected to win about 55 percent unless Dan mobilizes undecided voters to block a nationalist shift.
- Remus Stefureac, director of INSCOP Research, noted that Simion remains the clear frontrunner as the unexpected departure of Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu has intensified both the stakes and emotions surrounding the election.
- A Simion presidency could reshape Romania's EU and NATO roles, increase economic uncertainty amid a declining currency, and lead to a far-right prime minister appointment.
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hbl.fiCanada, Australia and Romania. The Donald Trump phenomenon is affecting electoral processes in countries around the world. But the real “Trump effect” is about widespread election denial and a completely new rhetoric, according to Kevin Casas-Zamora, who heads the intergovernmental democracy organization Idea.
Two days before the presidential elections in Romania, the theories of conspiracy enter into the electoral debate. Nationalist, anti-invasionist, reresentist, with anti-semitic statements, nostalgic after Nicolae Ceauşescu and particularly Donald's fan...
Experts warn against disinformation, which is also being spread via TikTok and Telegram, and is trying to influence the outcome of the tense presidential battle in Romania.
Romania's election re-run: pro-Trump candidate faces centrist Bucharest mayor
Far-right candidate George Simion, who took the lead in the first round of the Romanian parliamentary elections on 4 May, will face off against the centrist mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, in the second round on Sunday. The election is a re-run, after November 2024's vote was annulled. RFI spoke to political scientist Sergiu Miscoiu from the Babes-Bolyai University in Cluj-Napoca about this hotly contested ballot.
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