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Romania

  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    InterviewNicușor Dan
    Romania’s new president backs higher Nato spending

    Nicușor Dan’s election caps months of turmoil after vote was cancelled over alleged Russian meddling

  • Thursday, 22 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why Romania’s new leader is already facing a domestic political storm Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Belgium asks to lift immunity of five MEPs in probe over alleged corruption involving Huawei

    Romania’s president-elect Nicușor Dan
  • Tuesday, 20 May, 2025
    News in-depthPopulism in Europe
    Three elections, one message: Europe’s Maga populists are on the rise

    Being pro-Trump pays dividends as European politics swings sharply right

    A montage showing André Ventura, George Simion Karol Nawrocki
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Romania’s new president faces fiscal time bomb

    Nicușor Dan needs to appoint a government to curb spending and keep access to EU funds

    Nicușor Dan
  • Monday, 19 May, 2025
    Pro-EU centrist wins Romanian presidency in striking comeback

    Bucharest mayor Nicuşor Dan defeats far-right frontrunner George Simion in second-round vote

    Bucharest City Mayor Nicusor Dan (C), celebrates his victory hours after the first exit-polls results were announced
  • Sunday, 18 May, 2025
    Romania’s cliffhanger election draws huge turnout

    Voters face stark choice between pro-EU Nicușor Dan and ultranationalist George Simion as president

    Voters at a polling station in Bucharest
  • Saturday, 17 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Democracy at stake as populists battle mayors in EU’s troubled east Premium content

    Romania and Poland’s votes could impact rule of law, Ukraine support and embolden the bloc’s eastern awkward squad

    George Simion and Karol Nawrocki
  • Saturday, 17 May, 2025
    Investors brace for turbulence in Romanian markets as election looms

    Traders fear political uncertainty will make tackling huge budget deficit more difficult

    People walk by an exchange office two days before the run-off in the 2025 presidential election, in Bucharest, Romania on Friday
  • Friday, 16 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why Romania’s high-stakes presidential election is a pivotal moment Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: EU-US trade talks ‘intensify’ as trade war truce nears half time

    A billboard displays electoral posters of George Simion and Nicuşor Dan
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Explainer
    Everything you need to know about Romania’s presidential run-off

    Far-right frontrunner faces pro-EU centrist after last year’s vote cancellation over alleged Russian meddling

    Illustration of the Romanian election including a ballot box, the Romanian flag, a building and voters
  • Thursday, 15 May, 2025
    Alec Russell
    How not to fight populism: a lesson from Romania

    The real culprits for the rise of the right are the complacent parties who have ruled since the 1989 revolution

    Illustration of a forest fire burning entire forest with the EU flag stars shining above in the sky sparking up the fire
  • Wednesday, 14 May, 2025
    Populism in Europe
    Orbán’s backing of Romanian nationalist riles Hungarian voters

    Support for ultranationalist George Simion causes uproar in Romania’s ethnic Hungarian community

    Orban, left, Simion
  • Tuesday, 13 May, 2025
    Interview
    Romanians face stark choice in presidential poll, says centrist candidate

    Ultranationalist frontrunner George Simion represents ‘culture of violence and hate’, according to Nicuşor Dan

    Nicuşor Dan at a rally on Sunday
  • Saturday, 10 May, 2025
    Person in the News
    George Simion, Romania’s ultranationalist president in waiting

    The former football hooligan has tapped into public disgust at the political establishment

    Joe Cummings illustration of George Simion
  • Thursday, 8 May, 2025
    Currencies
    Now the Romanian leu is kicking off as well

    A 1990s vibe shift

  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    Romania’s presidential election pits Maga-style nationalist against pro-EU centrist

    Far-right Eurosceptic George Simion is in pole position ahead of second round against Nato supporter Nicușor Dan

    Presidential candidate George Simion addresses supporters via video link
  • Monday, 5 May, 2025
    Europe Express
    Why the EU and Nato fear Romania’s hard-right presidential frontrunner Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: more staff, less red tape for EU trade tsar in a hurry

    Supporters of nationalist candidate George Simion watch his video message
  • Sunday, 4 May, 2025
    Far-right candidate wins first round of Romania’s election rerun

    George Simion will face centrist Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan in presidential run-off vote on May 18

    Presidential candidate George Simion, right, casts his vote next to Călin Georgescu
  • Wednesday, 30 April, 2025
    News in-depth
    The centrists battling to stop Romania’s far-right surge

    Crin Antonescu and Nicușor Dan hope to defeat Maga-style populist George Simion in presidential run-off next month

    Crin Antonescu, left, Nicușor Dan and Elena Lasconi take part in a presidential debate
  • Monday, 14 April, 2025
    News in-depth
    Maga-style populists surge in Romania’s presidential race

    Ultranationalist candidates are playing up ties with Donald Trump while pro-EU liberals are struggling to catch up

    Person rides a bicycle past election posters
  • Monday, 17 March, 2025
    Far-right Romanian frontrunner sees Russia as a ‘threat’

    George Simion takes baton from barred presidential candidate who described Vladimir Putin as a role model

    George Simion in front of an enlarged image of a face in Bucharest, Romania on March 14 2025
  • Thursday, 13 March, 2025
    The FT ViewThe editorial board
    Romania’s contentious ban on a far-right candidate

    Authorities should release more evidence of why Călin Georgescu has been blocked

    Calin Georgescu
  • Wednesday, 12 March, 2025
    Romanian far right in disarray after ban on Călin Georgescu

    At least two candidates seek to replace pro-Russia nationalist barred from running in presidential election

    Anamaria Gavrila, Calin Georgescu, and George Simion stand side by side, holding hands raised in unity
  • Tuesday, 11 March, 2025
    Romania’s top court upholds election ban on Georgescu

    Far-right presidential candidate backed by Russia cannot run in May vote

  • Monday, 10 March, 2025
    Georgescu appeals against election ban at Romania’s top court

    Far-right leader calls on supporters to remain calm after violent clashes break out in Bucharest

    Călin Georgescu talks to the media after officially filing his candidacy for the Romanian presidential elections
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