Romania, Nicușor Dan and President Trump
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George Simion, leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), conceded defeat on Sunday night and congratulated Bucharest mayor and pro-EU independent candidate Nicușor Dan for winning the presidential election.
Nicușor Dan, centrist mayor of Bucharest, is set to win Romania’s 2025 presidential election, defeating far-right candidate George Simion. The election followed the annulled 2024 vote over Russian interference.
Nicușor Dan (independent centrist politician and incumbent Mayor of Bucharest) won the 2025 Romanian presidential election decisively over George Simion
According to the official tally, pro-Western centrist Nicusor Dan was ahead of nationalist George Simion by seven points as over 90% of the votes were counted.
Hard-right nationalist George Simion could win Romania’s presidential election run-off on Sunday – a vote being held five months after the original election was annulled.
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Al Jazeera on MSNRomania election: George Simion and Nicusor Dan face off in tense run-offThe election result could reshape the direction of the pro-EU and NATO member nation bordering war-torn Ukraine.