On Sunday night, the festivities for his big victory in the second round of the presidential election began. With its flags, as well as the European Union, people have taken to the streets to celebrate a key victory of the pro-European forces at a critical juncture for the future of the country. The new president of Romania is the Mayor of Bucharest, Nikusor Dan, to date with 54% of the vote.
Jorenze Simon: From fraudulent to defeat
Only 45.8% are the far -right, the so -called “Trump of the Carpathians”. In his 38 years, Simon had self -proclaimed a favorite for the country’s high office, while in the first round of the presidential election he had emerged as the first among the total of eleven candidates, with 41%. On Sunday night he initially spoke of “fraud”, but soon he was forced to admit his defeat. “I would like to congratulate my opponent Nicusor Dan who won the election, this was the will of the Romanian people,” Simon said in a post on Facebook.
Dan: “Keep your power, you will need you …”
Romania, May 18, 2025. Reuters/Andreea Campeanu
As for the winner of the presidential elections, in his first statements after the announcement of the results he would like to thank his supporters. At the same time, however, it warns them- indirectly but clearly- that in the coming years it takes a huge effort to implement reforms and to overcome reactions and resistance …
“This victory is yours,” says Nicusor Dan on Sunday night. “It’s the victory of the thousands of people who have believed that Romania can change and turn in the right direction. Never forget the power you have shown in the past weeks. Because we will all need this power when we need to overcome some things … “
Just 55 years old, politically independent, with mathematics studies, Nicusor Dan marks the return and strengthening of the political center and the “pro-Europeans” in Romania, at a time when all neighboring countries, either within or outside the European Union (Hungary, Slovakia, Slovakia, Slovakia, Bulgaria) His alleged ideology is Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban. Will Nicusor Dan be able to meet his voters’ expectations?
“I wanted to leave, but …”
Candidate President George Simon reacts to exit polls of the second round of presidential election in Romania, in front of Parliament in Bucharest, Romania, May 18, 2025. Reuters/Louisa Gouliamaki
They hoped themselves, however. As Ruxandra Georgiou says to AP camera, one of the many young women who supported Nicusor Dan, “I have a long time to feel such happiness, to tell the truth … I was afraid that our European course is approaching to the end, but we are still here, I cannot explain it. I was thinking of leaving, leaving everything behind me if the other candidate won, but now I’m very happy. I think things will make again. “
“We remain loyal to the EU, this is the right way,” says 22 -year -old Basil, a student from Bucharest. “We all enjoy the benefits of Europe, we all want to keep them. For me, these elections were a bet, as to whether we will stay in the EU or turn to the east … “
German wave
