populist nationalist anti-immigration right AUR wins big in 1st round, Romanian president vote | Eastern NC Now

The swing to the right continues in Europe, this time with Romania's presidential election.   The only major candidate running officially on a party ticket, George Simion, leader of the populist nationalist anti-immigration and Euro-sceptic Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) won the top slot in the runoff with 41% of the vote, 20 points ahead of his nearest rival.  Simion is a sovereigntist opposed to the EU taking powers away from nations, and has called for a Ministry for the Investigation of the European Project in the cabinet.

This is a re-run of the first round of the election.  The first time around, a populist nationalist anti-immigration independent, Calin Georgescu, came in first place with 23%.  Simion was also a candidate in that election and ran fourth with 14% of the vote.  The Constitutional Court, dominated by appointees of the Social Democrat Party annulled that election on unproven conspiracy theories against Georgescu, urged on by the EU globalist elite and by the Biden regime, called a new election and disqualified Georgescu from running in the new election.

The three other major candidates all ran as independents, but had major roles in other parties.  Running second was Nicusor Dan, Mayor of Bucharest, who has been a founder and leader of the center-right Union to Save Romania, at 21%, closely followed by Crin Antonescu, former president of the traditional right National Liberal Party at 20%.  Bringing up the rear among the major candidates was former Social Democrat Prime Minister Victor Ponta at 14%

Smion will now face Dan in a runoff.  Romania's prime minsiter, who had endorsed Antonescu resigned after Antonescu failed to advance to the final round, and that may lead to new parliamentary elections..

Playing off all of the political manipulation in the earlier election, Simion's campaign slogan was simply "democracy".

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news/nationalists-double-votes-in-romanias-do-over-election/

https://rmx.news/romania/romania-right-wing-candidate-wins-first-round-of-presidential-election-after-entire-election-canceled-and-top-candidate-banned/

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2025/05/romanian-presidential-elections-maga-inspired-george-simion-wins/

https://europeanconservative.com/articles/commentary/from-england-to-romania-they-cant-stop-the-peoples-revolt/