Andreea Campeanu \/ Reuters<\/span> <\/figcaption><\/figure>\nBis repetita in Romania: five months after the cancellation of the first round of the presidential election, the voters resume the ballot box on Sunday, May 4, with a possible new victory of the extreme right.<\/p>\n
Campaign on social networks, anger and disillusionment of part of the population, numerous undecided: the ingredients are the same as on November 24, when the critical candidate of the European Union (EU) and NATO, Calin Georgescu, arose in mind, to everyone’s surprise.<\/p>\n
Excluded from the election by the Constitutional Court after suspicions of Russian interference, it has since been replaced by an established figure of the Romanian extreme right, George Simion, the only candidate among the four favorites to have contributed during the November election. In total, eleven candidates in total seek this essentially protocol but influence in foreign policy, while this EU member country of 19 million inhabitants has become an essential NATO pillar since the Russian invasion of neighboring Ukraine.<\/p>\n\nRead also |<\/span> Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span> Presidential in Romania: Proeurop\u00e9e candidates to the trouble in front of the extreme right <\/span> <\/div>\n Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\nFan of Donald Trump<\/h2>\n Credited by some 30 % of the votes according to polls to handle with care, the boss of the nationalist party Aur, George Simion, brandishes at 38 years his youth, his sovereignist rhetoric and his mastery of the Tiktok platform to hope to avenge his now allied Georgescu, who had nevertheless stolen the show by previous election, limiting it to 14 % of votes.<\/p>\n
Mr. Simion claims to support Mr. Georgescu, who did not officially dubbed him. He is the subject of a prosecution investigation for incitement to violence after having said “Save live in the public square”<\/em> those responsible for “Coup d’etat”<\/em> Having ousted the candidate who came first in November.<\/p>\nIf the deputy says “More moderate”<\/em> and denies any inclination for Russia, he shares the same aversion to “Brussels bureaucrats”<\/em>accusing them without proof of having interfered in the electoral process, and promises to make his ” dignity “<\/em> Too often despised Romania. On the theme of the conflict in Ukraine, he wants to reduce aid to Ukrainian refugees and opposes any military support.<\/p>\n\nRead also |<\/span> Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span> Romania tries to overcome its “brown tide” <\/span> <\/div>\n Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\nOn the markets or abroad to convince the important diaspora, this fan of Donald Trump is dreaming in “President Maga” (Make America Great Again), a slogan sometimes displayed on his caps.<\/p>\n
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The candidate of the pro-European coalition in power, Crin Antonescu, offers “Stability”<\/em>but it represents the “Statu quo”<\/em> For his opponents and could suffer from the image tarnished by the years of governance. This ex-history of history of 65 years can bet on his political experience: he was acting head of state, president of the Senate, minister … already a candidate for the 2009 presidential election, he had collected 20 % of the votes. He was held away from politics in recent years, an inactivity that earned him the mockery of his rivals, before being called to the rescue. Even if he says abhorred the “Demagoguery”<\/em> and the “Populism”<\/em>he recently indignant by saying that he “Would perform drug traffickers in China as in China”<\/em>a “Unhappy outing”<\/em> that he then regretted.<\/p>\nFor his part, the mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, 55, decided after “The shock”<\/em> from November to embark on the arena hoping to be able to embody the pro-European renewal. Re -elected in 2024 at the head of the capital, this graduate in mathematics of the Sorbonne believes that the ascent of the extreme right is largely due to the rejection of a political class “Corrupted” <\/em>And “Arrogant” <\/em>in power since the end of communism.<\/p>\nMr. Dan – whose slogan is “an honest Romania” – is the man of ” change “<\/em> Except in the support of Ukraine and the Atlanticist commitment, seeing NATO as the “Best shield”<\/em> Faced with Russia.<\/p>\n\nRead also |<\/span> Article reserved for our subscribers<\/span><\/span> On the eve of the presidential election, Romania loses the compass <\/span> <\/div>\n Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\nA ballot is under close surveillance<\/h2>\n Further behind, Victor Ponta relies on a speech with Trumpian accents. After being chased from power in 2015 by major demonstrations against corruption, a consequence of the death of 64 young people in the fire of a nightclub, this former 52-year-old social democratic prime minister claims to have changed. Beaten in 2014 in the presidential election, he retained his luck with motto “Romania first”<\/em>.<\/p>\nNow a golf partner of the White House tenant, he posted himself in recent days alongside Donald Trump Jr., the eldest son of the American president, on tour in Eastern Europe. Willingly “Political chameleon”<\/em> According to analysts and now without a label, Victor Ponta – who likes to swear on the Bible to support the veracity of his remarks – would do Calin Georgescu his Prime Minister, judging him victim of a judicial cabal.<\/p>\n\nRead also |<\/span> Presidential in Romania: the far right presents two new candidates following the exclusion of Calin Georgescu <\/span> <\/div>\n Read later<\/span> <\/button> <\/p>\n<\/section>\nAfter the cancellation of the previous election – extremely rare decision within the EU -, the ballot is under close surveillance. Thousands of people have demonstrated in recent months to denounce “A coup”<\/em>. The United States also intervened, the vice-president, JD Vance, calling for listening to the voice of a people who have been silent “Based on the weak suspicions of an intelligence agency”<\/em>.<\/p>\nThe authorities, who have strengthened prevention measures and collaboration with the Tiktok network, implicated in the fall, assure having “Lessons learning”<\/em> fiasco and engage in “Fair and transparent elections”<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n The world with AFP<\/span> <\/p>\n<\/section>\n Reuse this content <\/section>\n<\/p><\/div>\nTm-En-1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A vandalized electoral poster of George Simion, before the Romanian presidential elections, in Bucharest, on April 29, 2025. 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