Social Democratic Party set to win Romania's parliamentary election

euronews (in English)

Romania’s future parliament and government will continue the country’s strong pro-EU, pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine national strategy, despite a surge by ultra-nationalist contenders.

Transcript

00:00Romania's future parliament and government will continue the country's strong pro-EU,

00:06pro-NATO and pro-Ukraine national strategy.

00:10The leftist Social Democratic Party has won almost 23% of the vote and have an almost

00:165% advantage over their closest contenders.

00:20And while they've topped the polls for a second consecutive election, far-right populists

00:24have made considerable gains.

00:27The Alliance for the Unity of Romanians won the second most votes, sitting at just over

00:3218%.

00:33But the scores of the pro-EU camp show that the future parliamentary majority and government

00:40will continue Romania's pro-West course as NATO's eastern flank main country.

00:47But the rise of the ultra-nationalist parties is a sobering reality for Romania's political

00:54scene.

00:55A strong turnout in voting is the result of the shock result of the first round of

01:00the presidential election.

01:02Monday morning we will find out the official results.

01:07Vitalie Cogiocari, Euronews Romania.

Category

Transcript

Recommended