Romania election: Pro-EU centrist Nicusor Dan wins runoff
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Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s presidential race over hard-right nationalist
Pro-European Union candidate Nicusor Dan won Romania’s presidential runoff against a hard-right nationalist. His victory marked a major turnaround in a tense election that pitted the Bucharest mayor against front-runner George Simion. With more than 99% of polling stations reporting, Dan was ahead with 53.9%, while Simion trailed at 46.1%, according to official data. In the first-round vote on May 4, Simion won almost twice as many votes as Dan, and many local surveys predicted the AUR leader would secure the presidency. But in a swing that appeared to be a repudiation of Simion”s skeptical approach to the EU, Dan gained almost 900,000 more votes to solidly defeat his opponent in the final round of the election. The high turnout was believed to have benefited Dan, who, shortly after 11 p.m. local time, emerged onto the balcony of his headquarters and waved to his thousands of supporters who had gathered along a boulevard in central Bucharest.
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Polish centrist’s narrow presidential lead leaves pro-EU path in balance
Rafal Trzaskowski placed first with 30.8 per cent of the vote, ahead of Mr Karol Nawrocki, the candidate backed by the nationalist Law and Justice (PiS) party, who had 29.1 per cent. The gap was much narrower than the 4-7 percentage points seen in opinion polls before the vote. If confirmed, the result would mean that they will go head-to-head in a runoff vote on June 1 to determine whether Poland sticks firmly on the pro-European track set by Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk or moves closer to nationalist admirers of US President Donald Trump. The vote in Poland took place on the same day as a presidential run-off vote in Romania, in which centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, appeared on course to defeat Eurosceptic hard-right lawmaker George Simion. In Poland, the president has the power to veto laws. Until now, PiS-ally President Andrzej Duda has stymied Mr Tusk’s efforts.
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Centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist
A huge turnout played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East or West. The race pitted front-runner George Simion, the leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians. It was held months after the cancelation of the previous election plunged Romania into its worst political crisis in decades. About 1.64 million Romanians abroad at specially set-up polling stations participated in the vote, some 660,000 more than in the first round of the election.”They have chosen the promise of an open, prosperous Romania in a strong Europe,” EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen says of the vote.. “I was so scared that our European force is near the end … we are still in Europe and we are not fighting for this right,” a woman says. “There is also a community that lost today’s elections,” Mayor Nicusor Dan tells the media. “A community that wants a profound change in Romania,” he adds.
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Poland, Romania & Portugal Elections 2025: Romanian centrist Nicușor Dan ahead in presidential race, exit polls show
Poland, Romania & Portugal Elections 2025 Updates: Polls opened in Portugal on Sunday for a snap election that centre-right Prime Minister Luis Montenegro is tipped to win. Meanwhile, voters in Romania and Poland also began casting ballots in high-stakes presidential elections. Romania in a runoff rerun after last year’s annulled vote over interference claims, and Poland in the first round of a tight race that could shape the future of its centrist leadership.Center-right and pro-European forces made gains across Europe in recent elections, though coalition-building remains a challenge. In Portugal, the center-right Democratic Alliance, led by Prime Minister Luís Montenegro, won 32.1% of the vote and 86 seats in Sunday’s parliamentary elections. In Romania, a nationalist who campaigns to “Make Romania Great Again’, faces centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan in a second round presidential run-off on June 1, if no candidate wins more than 50% of votes.
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Romania’s pro-EU president-elect known for calm, methodical approach
Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan emerged victorious in the country’s presidential run-off election. His earnestness convinced Romanians to show up to the polls in the greatest turnout in 25 years. The 55-year-old centrist, who has pledged to clamp down on corruption, is staunchly in favour of Romania’s membership in the EU and Nato. The vote on May 18 ended an extended election season that began when Mr Calin Georgescu, an obscure far-right and pro-Russian candidate, unexpectedly won the first round of an initial presidential election in November 2024, which was later cancelled on suspicion of Russian meddling.“Elections are not about politicians, they are about communities. And the community that won today wants profound changes,” Mr Dan said, adding that Romanians would need to be patient while the changes he sought are implemented.
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Pro-EU centrist wins Romanian presidential race over hard-right nationalist
A huge turnout on Sunday played a key role in the tense election that many viewed as a geopolitical choice between East and West. The race pitted front-runner George Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR. In the first-round vote on May 4, Simion won almost double the votes as Dan, and many local surveys had predicted he would secure the presidency. About 1.64 million Romanians abroad at specially set up polling stations participated in the vote, some 660,000 more than in the first round, electoral data shows. The vote was held months after the cancellation of the previous election plunged Romania into its worst political crisis in decades.. Dan picked up almost 900,000More votes to solidly defeat his opponent in the final round.
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Romanian centrist wins presidency while Warsaw Mayor leads race in Poland
Poland held a first-round vote on Sunday while the election in Romania was a runoff between two candidates. Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan led ultranationalist candidate George Simion by 54 per cent to 46 per cent with nearly all of the votes counted.Exit polls in Poland put Warsaw’s centrist Mayor Rafał Trzaskowski on top with 31 per cent of the vote, followed by Karol Nawrocki, who is backed by the populist Law and Justice party, or PiS, at 29 per cent. Far-right candidate Slawomir Mentzen, of Confederation, was third at 15.4 per cent, according to exit polls. A final vote count is expected on Monday, and Mr. TrZaskowski and Mr Naw Rocki will contest a second round on June 1.Presidents hold limited powers in Poland and Romania, but they oversee foreign policy, head the military and they can block legislation passed by parliament. In both countries, voters appeared to be voicing their anger at the status quo and open to far-right arguments.
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- Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s presidential race over hard-right nationalist
- Polish centrist’s narrow presidential lead leaves pro-EU path in balance
- Centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist
- Poland, Romania & Portugal Elections 2025: Romanian centrist Nicușor Dan ahead in presidential race, exit polls show
- Romania’s pro-EU president-elect known for calm, methodical approach
- Pro-EU centrist wins Romanian presidential race over hard-right nationalist
- Romanian centrist wins presidency while Warsaw Mayor leads race in Poland
- Pro-EU centrist wins Romania’s tense presidential race over hard-right nationalist
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