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Georgescu, extraordinarily spiritual and nationalistic, campaigned on lowering Romania’s reliance on imports, supporting farmers, and growing home manufacturing of meals and power.
He has additionally argued that the EU and NATO don’t correctly signify Romanian pursuits and claimed Russia’s struggle in Ukraine, a Romanian neighbor, is manipulated by American army corporations.
Somewhat-known college professor who leveraged TikTok to rally voters round him, Georgescu has drawn fierce criticism for his earlier feedback supporting Romania’s twentieth Century fascist Legionary Movement.
Turnout throughout the nation and the Romanian diaspora was 52.5 p.c, barely above the 51.2 p.c who voted within the earlier presidential election in 2019.
The second spherical is about for Dec. 8 following Romania’s parliamentary election subsequent Sunday.
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