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European Union centrist politician who defied odds to decisively defeat a hard-right nationalist in Romania’s critical presidential race, has emerged as a counterforce to the right-wing populist wave
Far-right candidate George Simion was defeated in Romania's election by the pro-EU Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan.
As of midnight on May 18th Romania’s election authorities reported he had taken 54% of the vote to Mr Simion’s 46%. The turnout was a record for a Romanian presidential election. The country’s enormous diaspora,
Nicușor Dan swept to victory in Romania's presidential election on Sunday, defeating far-right nationalist rival George Simion with nearly 54 percent of the vote. Dan, 55 the centrist mayor of Bucharest and former mathematician who campaigned for an "honest" Romania, was victorious over Simion, 38, in a tense rerun of the contest.
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Candidates in Romania’s high-stakes presidential runoff neck and neck, early preliminary data showsThe two candidates in Romania’s presidential election runoff are neck and neck, early preliminary electoral data shows, in a high-stakes vote between a hard-right nationalist and a pro-European Union centrist that could determine the geopolitical direction of the NATO member country.
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