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Romanian PM Marcel Ciolacu stepped down after Crin Antonescu failed to reach the presidential election runoff, further fracturing the ruling coalition amid political turmoil. Marcel Ciolacu ...

The battle for second place looks set to be close. According to Poll of Polls, the candidate from the governing coalition, Crin Antonescu, is set to win 24 percent of the vote; the centrist ...

Just days before the Romanian presidential election runoff, the two presidential hopefuls are neck-and-neck in the polls.

While results are expected later in the evening, exit polls showed George Simion, Crin Antonescu, and Nicusor Dan are expected to lead, paving the way for a likely run-off between the two top ...

In the second place came Crin Antonescu (Electoral Alliance 'Romania Forward'), with 1,044,138 votes (21.76%), followed by independent candidate Nicusor Dan, with 819,327 votes (17.08%) and ...

A George Simion victory could isolate Romania, erode private investment and destabilise NATO's eastern flank, where Ukraine is fighting a three-year-old Russian invasion, political observers say.

The frontrunner: extreme right-wing candidate George SimionImage: Andreea Alexandru/AP Photo/picture alliance His closest rival in the polls, Crin Antonescu, represents the decades-long misery of ...

BUCHAREST, May 4 (Reuters) - Romanian hard-right candidate George Simion was ahead in a presidential election first round, followed by centrist candidate Crin Antonescu, an exit poll showed on Sunday.

In third place was the governing coalition’s joint candidate, Crin Antonescu, with 20.07%, and behind him Victor Ponta, a former prime minister from 2012-2015, with 13% of the vote, while Elena ...