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ER Editor: A reminder that George Simion is the right-populist candidate who stepped in when Calin Georgescu had to back out of a presidential bid. We put out a lot of coverage of both men.
A further reminder that Simion won by a wide margin the first round of the Romanian presidential elections last year, and then inexplicably (to us) lost the second round to rival Nicusor Dan.
Politico sounds curiously upbeat about George Simion.
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Ahead in the polls
Simion’s nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians party (AUR) currently has a commanding lead in polls, with POLITICO’s Poll of Polls putting it at 35 percent — far above the socialists in second place with 20 percent.
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Meanwhile, the prime minister now faces possible no-confidence motions early next week, which are backed by the socialists and Simion’s AUR.
The escalating situation threatens Romania’s ability to approve key defense contracts before a May deadline to access €16.68 billion from the EU’s SAFE defense loans. It also has the potential to derail the country’s access to €10 billion in Covid-19 recovery funds set to expire at the end of August.
While Simion is open to coalition talks, he also said he is “quite pessimistic” a solution can be found with the current parliament.
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