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Far-right nationalist frontrunner in Romania's presidential election

A far-right nationalist known as the TikTok candidate looks set to win the first round of Romania's presidential election.

A hard-right critic of the European Union, Calin Georgescu, has taken an unexpected lead over a pro-Europe rival in the first round of Romania's presidential election. We speaking to a member of a party in the current government's coalition.

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(Photo: Calin Georgescu, Bucharest, Romania, 13 November, 2024. Credit: Octav Ganea/Reuters)

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