Shake in Romania: Nicusor Dan turns into the brand new president | EUROtoday

After the election victory of the pro-European politician Nicusor Dan within the presidential election in Romania, European high European politicians are facilitated. In the night, the Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskyj and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, France President Emmanuel Macron and his Moldova colleague Maia Sandu congratulated the 55-year-old. Dan had surprisingly prevailed in opposition to proper -wing populist George Simion.

After counting the votes of virtually all polling stations, Dan was round 54 %, Simion round 46 %. In the late night, Simion admitted his defeat after an extended hesitation.

Then hundreds of cheering followers known as in entrance of the Bucharest city corridor: “This victory is yours.” The enthusiastic crowd replied within the choir: “Russia, Russia, Romania doesn’t belong to you!” This referred to the truth that Dans Rival Simion needed to implement the Kremlin buddy Calin Georgescu for the workplace of prime minister. Dan is at present nonetheless serving as mayor of Bucharest.

Dan emphasised a number of instances on the election night that due to the excessive funds deficit and doubtless troublesome authorities formation, there may be plenty of work on him. “It will be a difficult time that is necessary to balance the economy (…) in order to create the basics for a healthy society. Please be patient,” he mentioned.

Social Democratic Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu resigned on May 5 due to the defeat of his candidate within the first spherical of the presidential election on May 4. Then “all pro-European parties” known as for cooperation in parliament. However, three extraordinarily proper -wing events have greater than a 3rd of the seats in parliament, together with the social gathering Aur of Simion.

The inferior proper populist Simion solely admitted the election after an extended hesitation. He congratulated Dan in a video message on Facebook and spoke of his “bitter defeat”.

He had declared himself a winner far earlier than the tip of the rely. “We are the clear winners of this choice. We claim this victory on behalf of the Romanian people,” mentioned Simion in entrance of operating TV cameras in entrance of his supporters in Bucharest. Before the elections, Simion had assumed the authorities’s makes an attempt to make the election fraud with out offering proof.

On the election night, Simion confirmed that he needed to appoint the precise -wing extremist Kremlin buddy Georgescu as Prime Minister. Georgescu got here first in November 2024 on the annuled presidential election. The Constitutional Court had canceled this election as a consequence of violent marketing campaign strategies and non -transparent financing and banned its renewed candidacy. In his election marketing campaign, Simion referred to his good relationships with the nonetheless standard Georgescu in Romania.

The Ukrainian President Selenskyj congratulated Dan on his “historical victory”, as he wrote on the quick messages. “We will always have a high level of respect for Romania and its people, especially in view of the help we got during the hardest time of our history,” he added. Romania helps the neighboring nation Ukraine, who was resorted to the Russian assault struggle, particularly in logistics and is a transport path.

EU Commission President of the Leyen wrote at X that the Romanians had chosen the promise of an open, rich Romania in a powerful Europe with the choice for Dan. France’s President Macron known as his future new colleague in Bucharest, as he introduced at X. The Romanians had chosen the trail of democracy “regardless of quite a few makes an attempt at manipulation (…).

Congratulations additionally got here from the Republic of Moldova. President Maia Sandu had known as for her residents to vote for Dan. Many Moldauers even have a Romanian passport. “The whole world sees how strong we are when we hold together,” wrote Sandu on Facebook. Dan acquired virtually 88 % of the voices of the Romanians chosen in Moldova.