Der Pro-EU-Kandidat Rumäniens schlägt unerwartet den harten Rivalen, um die Präsidentschaftswahlen zu gewinnen
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/europe/romania-presidential-election-result-intl-latam
Der Pro-EU-Kandidat Rumäniens schlägt unerwartet den harten Rivalen, um die Präsidentschaftswahlen zu gewinnen
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/18/europe/romania-presidential-election-result-intl-latam
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Submission Statement: Romania’s Pro EU candidate Nicușor Dan beat his pro trump nationalist opponent [George Simion](https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/16/europe/romania-presidential-election-simion-dan-intl-cmd) in an upset. Dan told his supporters to “have patience, a difficult period lies ahead, but necessary in order to balance the economy of this country, to build the foundations of a healthy society.” Simion has conceded and told his supporters “It was an honor for me to represent our movement in this battle. We lost this battle, but we didn’t and will never lose our war,”
IMO: This is huge win for the EU, especially with Poland and Portugal’s elections also looking promising for the bloc. 3 defeats of hardline nationalists on the same day keeps 3 more member states from going the way of hungry.
This is also a huge defeat for russia. with the nationalist pro putin pro trump revanchist losing romania stays firmly allied to the western powers and wont aid russia in its wars of conquest.
Moldova is also probably breathing easier, since Simion was advocating for forcible reunification of the 2 countries. now their only threat is the russian advance across ukraine and the transnistria
was it really unexpected, though?
it’s good to see an optimistic result, and it’s definitely closer than i’m comfortable with, but it’s a clear pattern that far right candidates fail to get 50% in Europe.