{"id":105533,"date":"2025-03-12T16:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-extreme-right-presents-two-new-candidates-following-the-exclusion-of-calin-georgescu\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T16:21:16","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T16:21:16","slug":"the-extreme-right-presents-two-new-candidates-following-the-exclusion-of-calin-georgescu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\/the-extreme-right-presents-two-new-candidates-following-the-exclusion-of-calin-georgescu\/","title":{"rendered":"The extreme right presents two new candidates following the exclusion of Calin Georgescu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure class=\"article__media\"> <picture class=\"article__media\"><source srcset=\" https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/7114\/4933\/556\/0\/75\/0\/331f6b0_ftp-import-images-1-uwm7gah6q1tr-5295565-01-06.jpg 556w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/7114\/4933\/600\/0\/75\/0\/331f6b0_ftp-import-images-1-uwm7gah6q1tr-5295565-01-06.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/7114\/4933\/664\/0\/75\/0\/331f6b0_ftp-import-images-1-uwm7gah6q1tr-5295565-01-06.jpg 664w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/7114\/4933\/700\/0\/75\/0\/331f6b0_ftp-import-images-1-uwm7gah6q1tr-5295565-01-06.jpg 700w, https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/7114\/4933\/800\/0\/75\/0\/331f6b0_ftp-import-images-1-uwm7gah6q1tr-5295565-01-06.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 556px, 100vw\" alt=\"George Simion, le leader de l\u2019Alliance pour l\u2019unit\u00e9 des Roumains, lors d\u2019un rassemblement de soutien \u00e0 l\u2019ancien candidat \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sidence Calin Georgescu, \u00e0 Bucarest, le 1\u1d49\u02b3\u00a0mars\u00a02025.\" width=\"664\" height=\"443\"><\/source><\/picture> <noscript> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.lemde.fr\/2025\/03\/12\/0\/0\/7114\/4933\/664\/0\/75\/0\/331f6b0_ftp-import-images-1-uwm7gah6q1tr-5295565-01-06.jpg\" alt=\"George Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Romanian unit, during a gathering of support for the former candidate for the Calin Georgescu presidency, in Bucharest, on March 1, 2025.\"\/> <\/noscript><figcaption class=\"article__legend\" aria-hidden=\"true\">George Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Romanian unit, during a gathering of support for the former candidate for the Calin Georgescu presidency, in Bucharest, on March 1, 2025.  <span class=\"article__credit\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Daniel Mihailecu \/ AFP<\/span>  <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The Romanian far right has left for the offensive. Two new candidates for the May presidential election were announced on Wednesday March 12, following the exclusion of the favorite from polls, Calin Georgescu, suspected of having benefited from Russian interference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;With his downstream, we are going to resume the torch&#8221;<\/em>said on Facebook the leader of the Alliance party for the Romanian unity (Aur), George Simion, who was the most established nationalist figure in the country before the lightning ascent of Mr. Georgescu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Tuesday evening, he had excluded to apply, but this 38 -year -old official said he changed his mind after meeting Calin Georgescu.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    European elections: in Romania, the progression contained of the extreme right <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3376914\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/elections-europeennes\/article\/2024\/06\/10\/elections-europeennes-en-roumanie-la-progression-contenue-de-l-extreme-droite_6238418_1168667.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">To be sure that his political camp remains in the race and out of distrust of the institutions, he unveiled an unprecedented strategy. In a video, he displayed himself alongside a newcomer, the representative of the Youth Party (Pot), Anamaria Gavrila, 41 years old. Both will present themselves after having gathered the 200,000 signatures necessary by Saturday and they called the supporters of Mr. Georgescu to the <em>&#8221; sustain &#8220;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \"><em>&#8220;If the two files are validated, one of us will withdraw&#8221;<\/em> To give maximum chances to the far right, said M<sup>me<\/sup> Gavrila.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Calin Georgescu, who had created the surprise in November by leading the first round later canceled, was definitively failed; He then denounced <em>&#8220;A dictatorship&#8221;<\/em> and called to continue the fight <em>&#8220;Peacefully&#8221;<\/em> in the ballot boxes.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"article__sub-title\">Fan of Donald Trump<\/h2>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Mr. Simion, whose training is the second in Parliament, had already presented himself to the presidential election on November 24, collecting almost 14 % of the votes, before rallying to Mr. Georgescu. This fan of Donald Trump, who defines himself as <em>&#8220;Patriot&#8221;<\/em>opposes military aid to Ukraine, the rights of LGBTQIA + and defends a <em>&#8220;Sovereign Europe of nations&#8221;<\/em>.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inread  js-services-inread\">\n<p> <span class=\"sr-only\">The memorable world<\/span>  <\/p>\n<p>Test your general culture with the writing of the &#8220;world&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Test your general culture with the writing of the &#8220;world&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Discover<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Experts doubt about his chances of obtaining as many votes as Calin Georgescu, who was credited with 40 % of the voting intentions by polls, before the rejection of his file.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">On the same political edge but making a separate band, the temperate candidate favorable to the Kremlin, Diana Sosoaca, who had been banished last year by the Constitutional Court, will also try to participate.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">    Diana Iovanovici Sosoaca, MEP of far -right and fundamentalist Orthodox, expelled from the European Parliament after cries <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3383004\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2024\/07\/18\/diana-iovanovici-sosoaca-eurodeputee-d-extreme-droite-expulsee-du-parlement-europeen-apres-des-cris_6252090_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The race is now very open, the candidate of the pro-European coalition in power, Crin Antonescu, and the independent mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, holding in a pocket handkerchief (between 15 and 20 %).<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">Romania, a member of the EU and NATO not used to such political upheavals, has changed in uncertainty since the emergence on the political scene of Calin Georgescu after a massive Tiktok campaign, deemed illicit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph \">The election had been canceled in the process, a extremely rare decision, and itself has since been charged and placed under judicial supervision.<\/p>\n<section class=\"catcher catcher--favoris\">\n<div class=\"catcher__content\"><span class=\"catcher__title catcher__title--hide\">Read also |<\/span><span class=\"catcher__desc\">  <span class=\"icon__premium\"><span class=\"sr-only\">Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span>    Romanian nationalists are mobilizing for the presidential election <\/span> <\/div>\n<p> <button class=\"lmd-btn-icon lmd-btn-icon--primary lmd-btn-icon--m js-lmd-dropdown-favorite-toggler\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-haspopup=\"true\" aria-controls=\"lmd-dropdown-favorite\" aria-label=\"Lire plus tard\" data-article-id=\"3405342\" data-position=\"lire aussi\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/international\/article\/2025\/01\/13\/les-nationalistes-roumains-se-mobilisent-en-vue-de-l-election-presidentielle_6495542_3210.html\" data-status=\"\"> <span class=\"icon__favorites\"\/> <span class=\"js-btn-icon-tooltip\" aria-hidden=\"true\">Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"author\">\n<p class=\"author__detail\">  <span class=\"author__name\">The world with AFP<\/span>  <\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"article__reactions\">                      Reuse this content   <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/teknomers.com\/en\">Tm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Romanian unit, during a gathering of support for the former candidate for the Calin Georgescu presidency, in Bucharest, on March 1, 2025. 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