Young Romanians protest far-right candidate Calin Georgescu's first-round win

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Over 1,000 youths gathered in Bucharest, protesting against far-right nationalist candidate Calin Georgescu, who won 23% in the first round of Romania's presidential election.

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00:00More than 1,000 young people gathered in University Square, downtown Bucharest, praising Europe

00:06and chanting, ìPutin donít forget, Romania is not yours.î They are outraged by the percentage

00:12obtained by a nationalist independent candidate, Kalin Georgescu, in the first round of the

00:17presidential elections.

00:19Winning 23% of votes, Georgescu had a strong campaign on TikTok, where many of his videos

00:24went viral.

00:25So, protesters believed that they were robbed by social networks and want to send an alarm

00:29signal to political parties for them to get involved in order to prevent Georgescu from

00:34winning.

00:35Denying accusations of extremism, Georgescu made statements on European values but also

00:40underlying neutrality.

00:42A single place that belongs only to the people is accused of extremism, of links with neighboring

00:48or distant countries.

00:50False.

00:51Totally false.

00:52I am still dedicated, with everything, with my heart, with my life, to the Romanian people.

00:59There is no east or west.

01:01There is only Romania and the peace of our people.

01:05Our economic and social stability comes from absolute neutrality.

01:12This is the ninth presidential election since 1989 revolution and in that 35 years of time,

01:18Romania only had four presidents.

01:21Scheduled for December 8th, Georgescu will face center-right pro-EU Elena Lascuni, the

01:26leader of USR party, which stands for Save Romania Union, who qualified with 90% of votes.

01:33One of them will be the fifth name to steer the country's direction.

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