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Romania's radical right leader George Simion aims for presidency in upcoming election

reuters.com — November 21, 2024 at 06:01 PM UTC

George Simion, Romania's youngest presidential candidate, is gaining attention ahead of the election starting Sunday. He leads the hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians party and opposes military aid to Ukraine, aligning with his admiration for U.S. President-elect Donald Trump. Simion's party has grown from a fringe group to a leading opposition force, appealing to young voters and the working class. He promotes traditional family values and aims to restore Romania's pre-World War Two borders, despite being declared unwelcome in Ukraine and Moldova. Current opinion polls show leftist Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu leading, with Simion likely to join him in a run-off on December 8. A victory for Simion could shift Romania's foreign policy closer to that of Hungary and Poland, despite his contentious stance on the ethnic Hungarian minority in Romania.

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