An ultranationalist, Moscow-friendly Nato critic will face a centre-right candidate in the runoff of Romania’s presidential elections after a shock first-round result that has upended the country’s politics and could jeopardise its support for Ukraine.
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With 99.98% of votes counted, Călin Georgescu, an independent who has praised Vladimir Putin as ‘a man who loves his country’, was on 22.9%, with the reformist Elena Lasconi, of the Save Romania Union, second on 19.17%. In Bucharest, students held a rally in University Square to protest against Georgesu’s pro-Russian stance.
Shock as pro-Russia independent wins first round of Romanian election ► https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/25/calin-georgescu-romania-election-hard-right-candidate
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