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Far-right candidate Simion contests Romanian election loss, alleges foreign interference
"I officially ask the Constitutional Court to annul the Romanian presidential elections for the same reasons the December ...
Hard-right populist George Simion to contest Romania's election result
Mr Simion had been the favourite to win but lost to pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan in the final vote over the weekend.
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In Upset, Centrist Wins Romania’s Presidential Election
Nicusor Dan, the mayor of Bucharest, defeated George Simion, a nationalist aligned with President Trump who had been seen as the front-runner. By Andrew Higgins In a setback for Europe’s ...
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From favorite to failure: How George Simion lost to Nicușor Dan the Romanian presidential election
Nicușor Dan (independent centrist politician and incumbent Mayor of Bucharest) won the 2025 Romanian presidential election ...
Nicusor Dan beats hard-right favourite George Simion in Romanian election
The result is a dramatic turnaround from the first round of voting a few weeks ago when Mr Simion was well ahead.
George Simion, a MAGA-courting populist, could become Romania’s president in controversial election re-run
Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five ...
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PresidentialElections2025/George Simion congratulates Nicusor Dan for his victory: It was the will of Romanian people
George Simion, the AUR (Alliance for the Union of Romanians) candidate in the presidential race, congratulated, on Sunday night into Monday, his opponent, the independent Nicusor Dan, for ...
Romania braces for crossroads presidential runoff viewed as a choice between East or West
As Romania heads into a critical presidential runoff on Sunday between two starkly different candidates, many view the final ...