Far-right Trump fan wins 1st round of Romania's presidential election

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : He won substantial support among Romanians abroad - who have favoured anti-establishment candidates such him and Simion in recent years - votes from 80% of ballot boxes showed, winning 26%, to Simion's 59% and Antonescu's 7%.
48% : It would also expand a cohort of eurosceptic leaders in the EU that already includes the Hungarian and Slovak prime ministers at a time when Europe is struggling to formulate its response to Trump.
42% : A Simion victory could isolate the country, erode private investment and destabilise NATO's eastern flank, where Ukraine is fighting a three-year-old Russian invasion, political observers say.
27% : They came rather from our own fault in not being active and prepared.' A Simion victory could isolate the country, erode private investment and destabilise NATO's eastern flank, where Ukraine is fighting a three-year-old Russian invasion, political observers say It would also expand a cohort of eurosceptic leaders in the EU that already includes the Hungarian and Slovak prime ministers at a time when Europe is struggling to formulate its response to Trump Sunday's vote came five months after a first attempt to hold the election was cancelled because of alleged Russian interference in favour of far-right frontrunner Calin Georgescu, since banned from standing again.

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