George Simion, the frontrunner in Sunday's presidential runoff, is a former football hooligan and fan of US President Donald Trump who is promising to put "Romania first". - Violence and insults - In his youth,

Far-right George Simion declared himself the winner of the election even before the counting began, imitating the attitude of Donald Trump in 2020, whom he defines as a follower. The mayor of Bucharest,

Romania's European allies and markets welcomed centrist Nicusor Dan's presidential election victory over a eurosceptic hard-right rival on Sunday, relieved that the European Union member had avoided a lurch to a Donald Trump-inspired political path.