Far-right candidate takes lead in Romania鈥檚 presidential election
The first round of Romania's presidential election has seen a hard-right nationalist critic of the European Union and NATO emerge as the unexpected frontrunner.
In Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, a hard-right critic of the European Union and the military alliance NATO is the frontrunner in the first round of the presidential election. He'll face a pro-Europe candidate in a run-off vote next month. We'll ask whether Romanians are tiring of supporting Ukraine.
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(Pic: Presidential debate, Bucharest, Romania, November 18, 2024; Credit: Octav Ganea/Reuters)
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