Centrist Nicușor Dan faces uphill battle to beat Simion in Romanian presidential runoff

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Dan squeaked into the second round with 20.99%, less than a percentage point more than Crin Antonescu, a pro-European former senator backed by the ruling Social Democratic party (PSD) and the centre-right National Liberal party (PNL).
Guardian
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Hard-right eurosceptic George Simion secured 41% of the vote in Sunday's first round, just five months after another far-right candidate, Calin Georgescu, unexpectedly came first in a ballot that was later annulled due to suspicions of Russian meddling.
Reuters
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The 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, will face a pro-Western reformist in a May 18 runoff that could reshape the European Union and NATO member country’s geopolitical direction.
ABC News Go
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While politicians opposed to Trump's policies have won in Canada and Australia recently, George Simion, who leads the nationalist AUR party, came first on Sunday in Romania.
International Business Times AU

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