Pro-EU centrist wins Romania's presidential race over hard-right nationalist

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : But in a swing that appeared to be a repudiation of Simion's skeptical approach to the EU, which Romania joined in 2007, Dan gained almost 900,000 more votes to solidly defeat his opponent in the final round.
43% : Cristian Andrei, a Bucharest-based political consultant, told the AP that the election results showed that Romanians "rejected hate and reactionary politics and embraced the pro-Western direction" for their country, which has played a major logistical role in delivering Western assistance to neighboring Ukraine in its fight against Russia's full-scale invasion.
37% : His victory marked a major turnaround in a tense election that pitted the Bucharest mayor against front-runner George Simion, the 38-year-old leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, who modeled his campaign after President Trump.

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