National George Simon in restarting the Romanian elections
The Romans voted in presidential elections, six months after the first attempt to scandal and confusion ended.
Opinion polls indicate that the right-wing candidate George Simon came first, with about 30 % of the votes, followed by two centers-Bucharest Nikosor Dan and Crin Antonisco, a liberal representing the ruling and national democratic social alliance.
The November 24 elections were won by a strange radical person with internal tendencies, Calin Georgisco, but this result was canceled due to the allegations of fraud in the campaign and Russian intervention.
Since any candidate is not expected to get more than 50 % of the sounds in RERUN, the executive flow is expected to be between the best two on May 18.
After closing opinion polls, Simon thanked those who voted in his favor. He said in a recorded message: “It was a brave work, confidence and solidarity.”
In February, US Vice President JD VANCE severely criticized Romania for the cancellation of the survey, as he sent shock waves through a Roman political institution that relies heavily on its relationship with the United States. However, Georgescu was prevented from participating in RERUN.
“These elections are not related to a candidate or another, but for every Roman who were lied, ignored, insulted, and still has the power to believe and defend our identity and our rights,” Simon was published on Friday.
The result is nervous in European capitals, Washington, Kiev and Moscow. Romania is an important crossing of weapons and ammunition systems to Ukraine. The country has an American missile defense shield in Devilo, and three main air bases, from which NATO flies with the air police, to the borders of Ukraine, Moldova, and outside the Black Sea.
Ukraine exports 70 % of its pills under the Black Sea coast, through the Roman territorial waters, towards Istanbul. The Romanian naval escapes that water, and the Romanian Air Force Train trains the Ukrainian pilots on F-16s. The Trump administration is re -evaluating its commitment to Romania. The visa customization agreement was suddenly canceled on the eve of the elections.
“We forget more help to Ukraine if Simon becomes president,” says George Scotaro, a security expert at the new strategy center in Bucharest. As head of the National Security Council, the president can veto any decision, and has a strong impact on security policy. But Scutaru expresses “wise optimism” that one of the two centers will win the flow.
The general discontent of the Roman financial support for Ukrainian refugees was a central board in the Simon campaign, although he denies that he is a supporter of Russia.
In the afternoon in the month of May, crowds of tourist attractions gather in the gardens of Kotosini Palace, the presidential residence in the West of Bucharest. The decision of the interim President Elie Bigran to open buildings and gardens for the public is very popular with visitors.
The white iris and purple lines the paths under the old horse chestnut in a whole flower. Military band marches between flower flowers from Pansies and violet. The palace is a former monastery, converted in the seventeenth century, which became home to the Roman royal family in the nineteenth century.
“I can’t really imagine Simon here …” Ionot, a satirical writer, tells me next to a decorative waterfall, looking at the walls of the palace. Simon voted in the first round of the elections last November, motivated by anger in the ongoing delays of Romania’s full membership in the Schengen Travel area. The frustration of the outgoing president, Romanian, Klaus Iuhanis.
But Romania finally joined the borders of the Schengen land on January 1, and Eyhanis headed in the same month. “The Roman is less angry now,” he believes. He told his daughter that he would vote for Nicushor Dan in these elections, but he did not occur to him.
Anna, Administration Adviser, walks with her family via the palace gardens, also supports Nicusor Dan. “I want to vote for continuity and change,” she says. “Continuity in Romania’s relationship with Europe, but change with regard to corruption. We young people do not attach to the old parties anymore” – which Nickel shares with Simion.
Many in the Great Diaspora in Romania – a million people were registered for vote – have already made their votes, especially in Spain, Italy, Germany and the United Kingdom. They are invisible in opinion polls, and can easily affect the end result.
