How a pro-Putin TikTok star topped Romania’s presidential poll
“Călin Georgescu, a pro-Russian candidate who admires Putin and undermines Ukraine’s legitimacy, would be a dangerous choice for Romania especially with war at our borders,” said Siegfried Muresan, a centre-right member of the European parliament.
There are several reasons why Călin Georgescu is a political anomaly.
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Opinion: Georgescu’s rise exposes the fragility of Romania’s pro-European consensusThe meteoric rise of hardcore nationalist Călin Georgescu in Romania’s first-round presidential election over the weekend is ...
The shock win of ultranationalist independent candidate Călin Georgescu in the first round of the presidential elections ...
The European Union’s sixth most populous country is grappling with a pressing question: how did an unknown far-right leader, ...
Who is Georgescu? The 62-year-old previously studied at the University of Agronomic Sciences and Veterinary Medicine in ...
Reformist Elena Lasconi (USR) and far-right independent Călin Georgescu, both of which upended the Romanian political scene ...
How did the anti-Western candidate Călin Georgescu rise to the top of the presidential polls? There are numerous causes ...
The independent nationalist beat all expectations by winning the first round of the presidential elections in Romania on ...
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With 99.9% of votes counted, Lasconi will face an independent hard-right NATO critic in a Dec. 8 run-off vote, in a shock result that threatens Romania's staunchly pro-Ukraine stance.
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