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,

Eurosceptic hard-right lawmaker George Simion could be elected Romania's president on Sunday, riding a wave of popular anger over living costs, corruption and the cancellation of a vote last year that another far-right contender had looked set to win.

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,