Romanian Mayor Liberal Nikuzar Dan wins the tense race for the presidency

Liberal, Pri-Mayor Bucharest, Nicosar Dan, lost a strong problem with the Romanian right-wing nationalist to win the presidency after months of political turbulence.

George Simion, leader of the Far Right Party AUR, won the dramatic victory in the first round earlier this month, having held a wave of anger from the Romanians who saw the presidential race canceled at the end of last year due to claims to Russia’s intervention.

But this is gently spoken by Nicosar Dan, who swept to victory, winning 54% of the vote in Romania, although the Simion was more successful in the diaspora.

“We need to create Romania together no matter who you voted for,” Dan said when his victory was safe.

More than 11.6 million Romanians voted on Sunday, and Dan attracted more than six million support.

The mathematician waited for until midnight on Sunday before he could be absolutely sure that the numbers were on his side and he could join his fans in the park opposite the City Hall in Bucharest.

They went wildly, chanting his name and cheering. At one point, it was almost mafica, but it was a huge moment for the president’s elected and supporters after months of political tension.

“The Romanian community who wants deep changes in Romania has won,” Dan said.

Mihai, one of the many Dan supporters who gathered outside his election headquarters in the capital, said the BBC that “really is about simion.”

“I want to choose a pro-European way. This is the only way. It’s really important,” he added.

Andrea, who came with her young daughter, said the BBC: “We are so happy that they wanted to be here with other fans of Nicosur.

“It means a better future for our children, for us. A good life for all of us and honest Romania.”

Romanians are generally dissatisfied with the dominance of major parties and turbulence in this European Union, and the NATO state has intensified earlier this month, when the government collapsed because its candidate failed to pass the second round.

While Nikuzar Dan was campaigning in combating corruption and supporting the support of Ukraine’s northeastern neighbor, the Simion attacks on the EU and urged Kiev’s assistance.

“Russia, don’t forget, Romania is not yours,” Dan’s supporters chanted.

Despite the fact that the weekend the election gave him victory, they did not include an important voting of the diaspora, and the Simion pressed against the belief that he could still win.

“I won, I am a new president of Romania, and I give power to the Romanians,” he initially insisted.

And only in the early Monday hours he acknowledged the victory on Facebook. Then his supporters planned by his supporters, obviously refused.

During the election campaign, the Simion stood next to Kalinhko Kalin, an extreme right figure who stunned Romania with the victory of the president at the first round at the end of last year, subjected to a huge Tiktok company.

Voting was abolished on accusations of Russian agitation and interference, and Higels was again banned. Russia denied any involvement.

Asked by BBC on Sunday, he acts as a doll, George Simion said: “Dolls are those who canceled the election … I am a man of my people, and my people voted for the viburnum of the stiff.

“Do we like democracy only when a good guy won? I don’t think it’s an option.”

He said he was a patriot and accused what he called the basic media to smear it as pro -Russian or fascist.

The key to the success of the Simion in the first round was his extraordinary victory among the voters of the diaspora in Western Europe, including in the UK.

His supporters were again in force on Sunday, partial results give him 68.5% support in Spain, 66.8% in Italy and 67% in Germany. He also had an advantage in the UK, where voters stated that they would choose Kalina Trudsk if the authorities did not ban him run.

“We didn’t know anything about (cruel), but then I listened to what he was saying and you could say that he is a good Christian,” said 37-year-old Catalin Granka.

She promised to return to Romania when the Simion won, and her mother Maria said she also voted for the changes: “Our children were forced to leave Romania because they could not find any jobs there.”

However, Nyncousar Dan voters came out more in Romania and abroad. In neighboring Moldova, 87% of Romanians supported the mayor of Bucharest.

Presidents and Moldova and Ukraine congratulated him on his victory.

“Moldova and Romania stand together, supporting each other and working next to the peaceful, democratic and European future for all our citizens,” said the Maya Garden.

“It is important for Ukraine, as a neighbor and a friend, to have Romania as a reliable partner,” Lodimir Zelensky said in Kiev.

The President of the European Commission Ursul von der Leyen said in the social media that Romanians received a large number and “chose the promise open, prosperous Romania in strong Europe.”

In the end, it was a persistent “no” vote for an unwavering nationalist with the isolationist vision of Romania, a famous provocateur and man whose commitment to EU membership and the main values ​​of the block were not understood.

Despite his strong show in the first round, the Romanians who were experiencing for what he was supposedly ralled to block him from power.

But Simion won a significant piece of voting, and his message will still resume with many.