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Centrist Dan wins Romanian presidency over hard-right pro-Trump rival

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BUCHAREST, May 18 (Reuters) - Romania's centrist Bucharest mayor, Nicusor Dan, won the country's presidential election on Sunday in a shock upset over a hard-right, nationalist rival who had pledged to put Romania on a path inspired by U.S. President Donald Trump's politics.

Official results from nearly all voting stations showed Dan garnering about 54% of ballots cast by voters in the EU and NATO member country of about 19 million people, while Trump supporter George Simion was at 46%.

 

Kremlin says Romanian election was 'strange, to say the least'​

MOSCOW, May 19 (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Monday described Romania's presidential election as "strange", saying the pro-Russian candidate who won an aborted vote last year had been unfairly disqualified.
Pro-European centrist Nicusor Dan defeated a hard-right, nationalist rival in Sunday's election - a re-run of the 2024 vote when front-runner Calin Georgescu was disqualified over what Romanian authorities said was an undeclared Russian influence campaign on his behalf.



Separately, the Russian founder of the Telegram messenger app Pavel Durov said that French intelligence services had pressured him to suppress voices supportive of hard-right runner-up George Simion, who had pledged to end military aid to Ukraine.

 
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