Calin Georgescu, a beforehand obscure far-right populist and Tiktok star, unexpectedly got here in first place with 22.9 p.c of the vote in the course of the first spherical of Romania’s presidential election on Sunday. An impartial candidate, he has targeted his marketing campaign on criticising NATO and pushing for decreased help for Ukraine.
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