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Romanians to Vote in Critical Presidential Rerun
The Statesman Siliguri
|May 04, 2025
As Romanians vote Sunday in one of the European Union member's most important elections in decades, MAGA-style hard-right nationalist George Simion says it's his duty to restore democracy and the will of the people after the previous vote was annulled.
Romania's political landscape was upended last year when a top court voided the previous election after the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu topped first-round polls. The decision followed allegations of electoral violations and a Russian campaign promotin
This story is from the May 04, 2025 edition of The Statesman Siliguri.
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