Mast accused the Commission of having a “double standard” in election rules that could tilt the balance in favor of Trzaskowski. The first complaint is a May 15 Polish media...
“Dan’s analytical approach could prove valuable in these complex negotiations at a time when eastern Europe is becoming increasingly central to European security architecture,” said Calistru. “This is also an...
Because if there’s one thing that unites all Europeans, it’s making not-so-subtle political statements with fog machines and off-key falsettos, and then voting on the potential downfall of democratic values...
Romania’s constitutional court threw out defeated far-right candidate George Simion’s challenge to the result of Sunday’s presidential election. Simion announced Tuesday he would contest the outcome, claiming foreign interference by...
Desperate Dan While the opinion polls had started to tighten in the final week of the campaign, the 38-year-old Simion had been favored to win the run-off after winning the...
Romanian far-right leader George Simion announced Tuesday he will contest his defeat in last Sunday’s presidential election. Centrist Bucharest Mayor Nicușor Dan won the second round of the vote, which...
Dan beat ultranationalist candidate George Simion to win the election, as the hard-right candidate cozied up to U.S. President Donald Trump, ripping pages from his MAGA agenda, while threatening to...
Dan’s victory, if confirmed by official results, will calm fears in Brussels and other European capitals that Romania — a country of 19 million people that is a key EU...
“I voted thinking of a lot of people who are quiet, honest and hard working and who have for long not felt represented,” said Dan as he voted in his...
“There is a lot of hate in this campaign. I have received threats personally, and been told pro-Europeans should be thrown through a window,” says Simena Trif, coordinator of Dan’s...
A POLITICO investigation uncovers the full extent of Potra’s empire and his influence over the pro-Georgescu campaign that plunged Romania into crisis. Drawing on business records, financial transactions, prosecutor files, land registries, and...
Last year’s presidential election was controversially canceled after what authorities deemed to be major Russian election interference in support of ultranationalist candidate Călin Georgescu. With Georgescu banned from standing in...
