The Romanians voted in the first round of a presidential election on Sunday, which could carry forward the hard-right euroseptic George Simian For power in a ballot that will test the rise of Donald Trump-style nationalism in the European Union. 38 -year -old Simian, neighboring Ukraine opposes military aid, is important for the leadership of the European Union and says he is an alliance with the US President Make America great again Agitation.
Five months after the first attempt to conduct the election was canceled after the first round because due to alleged Russian intervention in favor of alleged Russian intervention, Callin Zoroscu had banned standing again, his successor clear Simian led the opinion poll, riding a wave of popular anger.
About 1.98 million Romanians, or 11%of the registered voters, cast ballots by 0710 GMT, showed data. Voting will end at 9 am (1800 GMT), which will end with exit elections to follow the required and initial results in the evening.
Simian voted with Georgsku, who called the election “fraud” and urged people to withdraw their country.
Simian is voting at around 30%, a comfortable lead, but 50% thoroughly needs to avoid the run-off on 18 May.
“George Simian is equal to Calin Georgsku, he gets my vote,” a pensioner, 66 -year -old Orelia. She said that she feels “humiliated” by canceling the first round of Nov. “Everything is lacking here. My children are not here: did they leave to work abroad because things were so good here?”
Political analysts said that a final win for Simian may separate the country, destroy private investment and destabilize the NATO’s eastern flank, where Ukraine is fighting a three-ape Russian invasion.
Simian’s main rivals are two centrists-East Senator Crin Antonscu, 65, supported by three parties in the current pro-western government, and Bucharest’s Mayor Nicusore Dan, 55, are running as an independent on an anti-corruption platform. Both are Proayu and Pro-Nato and Back Ukraine. Victor Ponta, a former leftist Prime Minister who has changed the orthodox nationalist, is in fourth place, but can prove a dark horse.
Simian is not the only Maga-style politician to seek elections in Central Europe. In the presidential election on May 18, Presidential candidate Karol Navki, supported by the main nationalist opposition party of Poland, met Trump this week. If chosen, they will expand a colleague Euroseptic leader It already includes Hungarian and Slovak Prime Minister.
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