“In Romania the folks lastly voted, freely, with their heads and hearts. With all due respect to the ‘gents’ of Brussels and their soiled methods. Bravo George Simion!” said Italy’s Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini, chief of the far-right League celebration.
“Congratulations to our ally George Simion who got here out on high within the first spherical of the presidential election in Romania this night, with greater than 30 p.c of the vote,” said Marion Maréchal, a senior official in France’s far-right Reconquête! celebration, as preliminary outcomes have been introduced Sunday night.
Simion, founding father of the hard-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), won more than 40 percent of the vote Sunday, defeating his rivals by a large margin. Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan got here in second with just below 21 p.c, narrowly edging out institution candidate Crin Antonescu, who secured 20 p.c.
Simion and Dan are set to face off in a runoff election on Might 18.
