The candidate from afar, George Simion, collected about 40% of the votes in the first round of the presidential elections in Romania, this Sunday, May 4.
Leader of the Alliance for Romanian Unit, replaced candidate Calin Georgescu, a favorite surprise last December before the elections were canceled by Russian interference suspicions. A cancellation criticized by American vice president JD Vance.
A Maga President
At 38, George Simion made his youth a campaign argument, perfectly controlling Tiktok to seduce the voters of his ally Calin Goergescu. The Romanian deputy, who denies any inclination for Russia, shares with him the same aversion to “Brussels bureaucrats” and opposes any military support for kyiv.
Fan from US President Donald Trump, dreams of “President Maga” (makes the United States Gret again). Last April, he declared that he was the only candidate capable of preventing a possible withdrawal from the country’s US troops.
He made his debut in the policy militating for the unification of Romania and Moldova.
Independent candidate in the European elections of 2019, then claims to be the only one that really represents the interests of the Romanians. He obtained 1.3% of the votes, which does not allow him to obtain a seat in the European Parliament.
On December 1 of the same year, during the Romanian National Holidays, he co -founded the Alliance for Romanian Unit (Aur). He presides over the distant ultra -nationalist party, law, against gay marriage.
Anti-Speaker against COVID-19, communicates around conspiracy theories and accuses the EU of wanting to “force Romanians to eat insects.”
“Porter Calin Georgescu in power”
In 2024, fourth arrived in the first round of the presidential elections with 13.86 % of the votes. For the second round, he supports the independent Pro-Russia Calin Georgescu, who was first. But the Romanian Constitutional Court invalidates the ballot, and Calin Georgescu is not eligible. A decision that denounces.
MP, is re -elected during the parliamentary elections that take place at the same time.
He represented himself in the presidential elections of May 2025, as a replacement for Calin Georgescu and reached the top of the first round, confirming the nationalist turn of Romania.
If George Simion becomes president, he promised to “take Calin Georgescu to power,” evoking three options: “A referendum, early legislative elections or the formation of a coalition in Parliament that would appoint him prime minister.
He will face the second round on May 18, the centrist mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, who obtained 20.9 % of the votes.
Source: BFM TV
