Rival candidates seek to capture Romania’s far-right electorate after Georgescu banned from presidential race
By Iulian Ernst in Bucharest The leader of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, will replace Calin Georgescu as the leading far-right candidate in the May presidential elections,
Romania hard right seeks replacement for Georgescu in presidential race
Former Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta joined the race for May's presidential election re-run on Wednesday as the hard right worked to ensure they had a candidate in the contest after the ban on pro-Russian Calin Georgescu threw the vote wide open.
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For a second time, Romania’s right-wing candidate for president has been tossed off the ballot, igniting protests around the country and increasing a crisis in a nation currently being run by an interim president.
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Former PM Ponta joins Romania presidential race after Georgescu barred
BUCHAREST - Former Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta joined the race for May's presidential election re-run on Wednesday, throwing the contest wide open after pro-Russian far-right candidate Calin Georgescu was barred from running.
A top Romanian court upholds the ban on far-right Georgescu’s presidential bid
A top Romanian court has rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in the presidential rerun
Some Romanian Voters See No Alternative to Barred Far-Right Candidate
Cornelia Borta sees no alternative to far-right politician Calin Georgescu as Romania's next president, despite moves to bar him from standing in the rerun of a presidential election in May. Borta left her young child with relatives in the eastern county of Neamt and travelled to Bucharest to protest outside Romania's top court on Tuesday as it decided whether to uphold the central election authority's decision on Sunday to bar him.
Romanian far right in disarray after ban on Călin Georgescu
Romanian far-right parties were struggling to find a viable replacement for Călin Georgescu after the pro-Russia presidential candidate was barred from running in upcoming elections. George Simion, leader of the AUR party,
Romanian election mired in uncertainty after far-right Georgescu banned
Romanian far-right politician Calin Georgescu on Tuesday stopped short of endorsing any other potential candidate after being definitively barred from standing in May's presidential election rerun, adding to uncertainty over who would replace him.
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Romanian coalition candidate “unwavering” in running for president
Crin Antonescu, the candidate backed by the Romanian coalition made up of the Social Democrats (PSD), Liberals (PNL), and the ...
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Crin Antonescu, presidential candidate for the ruling coalition, made of the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Liberal Party ...