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Nicusor Dan beats hard-right favourite George Simion in Romanian election

Nicusor Dan beats hard-right favourite George Simion in Romanian election

Pro-Western candidate Nicusor Dan has unexpectedly beaten hard-right populist George Simion in the Romanian election.

Mr Simion, 38, and his rival - a centrist who's mayor of Bucharest - faced off in the second round of the contest.

According to the official tally, Mr Dan was leading by nearly nine percentage points with more than 98% of the votes counted.

They aren't enough votes remaining for Mr Simion to make a comeback.

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7h ago

Exit polls from Romanian election suggest surprise win for pro-Western candidate Nicusor Dan | World News

news.sky.com /story/exit-polls-from-romanian-election-suggest-surprise-win-for-pro-western-candidate-nicusor-dan-13370509

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Can breathe a sigh of relief for another year or so... Until the next election in a EU country.
Viktor Orban is not going to be around forever, Russia is desperate to get more obstructionists into power in the EU.
If im not Mistaken, Czechia is the next to have an election where a Euroskeptic , Pro Trump/Putin , or Isolationist candidate is in the running and has a chance? Someone is welcome to educate me on that.
- As an American, where the fuck are our 38 year olds?!
- Until the next election in a EU country.
  Viktor Orban is not going to be around forever
  He's up for reelection in April 2026, and he's going to lose badly as it looks like now. Orange line is his party. And this summary is skewed most likely and overestimates him, as it takes his own polls into account, you can see that big outlier orange dot over everything on the right. In the current fucked up system, a lead like this is almost enough to rewrite the constitution.
  (Legend is a bit confusing, it's TISZA getting ahead, not MSZP, luckily.)
  Hungary has hope now.
  Sauce: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opinion_polling_for_the_2026_Hungarian_parliamentary_election
  
  nothing is certain.
  Look at what happened in the last 12 months in Canada, and how the Conservatives went from unbeatable, a 25-35% lead, to ultimatley losing
  
  and he's going to lose badly as it looks like now.
  we were assuming that for how many cycles now?

That's Romania saying no to MAGA style populism.
- It's been a good run lately, we've eked out wins in Germany, France, Canada, Australia, Croatia, and Romania
  
  Beware of moderate political parties trying to appease the far-right with their policies if they get into power. It's happened in the UK.
  
  The CDU should barely be considered a win in Germany. They pave the road that the AfD will walk down. Conservatives make everything worse and fascists thrive in poor conditions.
  
  Here in Australia the supposed “MAGA style populism” lost because they were the complete opposite of that. They were offering basically nothing different to the current left wing government. They would have likely won had they actually been an opposition and campaigned on and promised what the Republicans did.

What a gigantic sigh of relief

Good job Romanians, let's watch how this Dan guy does in other aspects of politics, and keep him accountable

The article shows a photo of voting booths with curtains, with neighbouring booths coloured like the Romanian flag.
Do we have any Romanians here? Can you confirm whether or not they actually do this? That's honestly hilariously awesome if so.
- I suppose it depends on the building, where I went to vote (and most places i've seen in live coverages) just had plain blueish curtains

Good job Romania!

Send the Nazis packing!

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