Summary
Romania’s presidential election will be a runoff between far-right Calin Georgescu and center-right Elena Lasconi. The Social Democratic Party’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu unexpectedly finished third.
Georgescu, who polled at 5% in the first round, surged to 22.9% with anti-NATO rhetoric, while Lasconi secured 19.16% with votes abroad.
The largely ceremonial presidency influences defense spending, a critical issue for Romania balancing NATO obligations, support for Ukraine, and fiscal challenges.
The winner will succeed pro-Ukraine President Klaus Iohannis.
And there goes another one
Do we literally have to wait for it to escalate to world war before people remember that actually right-wing politics makes things worse for the vast majority of people that vote for it?
I’ve always thought it was stupid, but maybe the accelerationists were right…