In the second round of the presidential election in Romania, the centrist mayor of Bucharest Nicušor Dan won on Sunday, indicating exit Polly, which give him profit more than 54 percent of the votes. His rival, Eurosceptic nationalist George Simion, received more than 45 percent of the votes, TASR reports on the basis of the Reuters report.
The elections were perceived as decisive for the further direction of the country, which neighboring with Ukraine. The Romanian President has a five -year mandate and significant decision -making powers on national security and foreign policy issues, AFP recalls. Dan lagged behind Simion, the supporter of US President Donald Trump for several weeks, and overtook him only in the last Friday survey.
Pro -European mayor of Bucharest, who ran as an independent, after the publication of Exit Poll said that Romanian company has shown impressive strength and that the elections were about the community of people who wish dialogue and not hatred. Dan promised in the campaign to support the rule of law, Ukraine, transparency and orientation to the EU and NATO.
Simion, the leader of the far right -wing alliance for the unification of the Romanians (Aur), claimed that Its census shows that he has a 400,000 vote ahead of his opponent. He said his victory is clear and that he would be president of all Romanians. Official results are expected later during the evening and night for Monday.
In the first round of the elections, Simion clearly won 40.96 percent of the vote, followed by Dan, who won 20.99 percent. Experts warned against both elections of increased abundance of misinformation on the Internet.
Presidential elections are repeated in Romania after The Court of Department of Elections of the Head of State of 2024 annulled for suspicions of Russian interference and manipulations on social networks, which allegedly favored the far right -wing candidate Calina Georgesca. The Romanian authorities warned against attempts to influence elections by foreign actors and repeated elections.
