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Hard-right candidate who lost Romania’s presidential race contests results at top court
George Simion, a 38-year-old hard-right nationalist candidate had conceded defeat after losing to Nicusor Dan, the mayor of ...
Hard-right populist George Simion to contest Romania's election result
Mr Simion had been the favourite to win but lost to pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan in the final vote over the weekend.
Far-right candidate Simion contests Romanian election loss, alleges foreign interference
"I officially ask the Constitutional Court to annul the Romanian presidential elections for the same reasons the December ...
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Romanian far-right leader George Simion to challenge presidential election result at Constitutional Court
George Simion, the leader of the far-right party AUR, announced Tuesday, May 20, that he would challenge the result of Romania's May 18 presidential election, in which pro-EU centrist Nicușor Dan ...
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Romania’s Postponed Reckoning
Although Dan’s come-from-behind victory has halted Romania’s slide into autocracy for now, it does not resolve the deeper ...
George Simion, a MAGA-courting populist, could become Romania’s president in controversial election re-run
Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five ...
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Romania’s George Simion challenges election results, alleges foreign meddling
In today’s edition of The Capitals, read about Sweden banning the purchase of OnlyFans content, Rome sitting out the WHO ...
Romania’s new pro-European president puts it back on a Western course, but fault lines remain
A pro-European Union centrist pulled off an upset in Romania’s presidential election, beating out a hard-right nationalist ...
Romania could be next to elect a right-wing populist: What to know
George Simion suggests Romania, a member of the European Union and NATO, should stop aiding Ukraine. Ukraine considers him a national security threat.
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What Elections in Romania and Poland Say About Populism and the Press
Defeating populists never signals an easy return to the status quo ante.
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Viktor Orban makes huge political misstep in supporting Simion, Hungarian analyst says
The outcome has been a defeat for Viktor Orban as ethnic Hungarians overwhelmingly supported the pro-European candidate, ...