BUCHAREST — Romania elected a centrist president in a major surprise after an intense campaign in which voters looked likely to propel another hard-right populist to lead a large European country.

European leaders reacted with relief and support after the centrist, pro-EU mayor of Bucharest, Nicușor Dan, won Romania’s presidential election, defeating right-wing nationalist George Simion ...

May 5 (UPI) --Far-right candidate George Simion was declared the winner Monday in the first round of Romania's presidential election, which is being rerun after the result from a race in November ...

The Court then validated the results and held a short ceremony attended by the elected President Nicusor Dan, the Bucharest mayor who won the tense runoff, beating Simion with 53.6% of the vote, a ...

George Simion, the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) candidate, garnered 3,862,761 votes (40.96%) in the first round of the presidential election, according to data published Monday on the ...

Hard-right populist George Simion to contest Romania's election result Mr Simion had been the favourite to win but lost to pro-EU candidate Nicusor Dan in the final vote over the weekend.

Eurosceptic George Simion was victorious in the first round of Romania's presidential election re-run on Sunday, but did not garner a majority of votes, forcing a runoff on May 18.

A week ago, Dan won a tense election rerun, seen as key for the direction of the NATO and European Union countries bordering war-torn Ukraine. Although EU critic and nationalist George Simion easily ...

Far behind in second place was Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan with 20.89%, and in third place the governing coalition’s joint candidate, Crin Antonescu, with 20.34%.

In Romania, the hard-right, nationalist, pro-Trump politician George Simion won the first round of presidential voting on Sunday. He will face Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan in a runoff on May 18.

In Romania, the centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan has defeated his far-right rival George Simion. The election came almost five months after Romania’s Constitutional Court annulled the 2024 ...