Romanians to choose between George Simion and Nicușor Dan in presidential vote runoff

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Romanians to choose between George Simion and Nicușor Dan in presidential vote runoff  Romanians face a presidential election redo on Sunday. Hard-right George Simion scored a victory over pro-European Nicușor Dan in the first round, but recent surveys show the race is tight.  READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/05/16/romanians-to-choose-between-george-simion-and-nicusor-dan-in-presidential-vote-runoff  Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages

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00:00Romanians will go to the polls on Sunday to choose between the independent and pro-European

00:06candidate, Nicosio Dan, and Jorge Simeon, a right-wing candidate. Many are eager to vote

00:12as the race between the two gets tense. Experts expect that around 60% of Romanians will turn

00:19up to cast their ballot on Sunday, around 10% more than in the first round.

00:30In the last day, in the last hour, in the last minute, in the last second day of the vote.

00:35We have seen a score in the country and then a return to this in the diaspora.

00:40This time, I think decisively will be the mobilization of the candidates who live in Romania.

00:47I voted for the European Union, I voted for the life that I know from when I was born.

00:54I don't know how to live, but I don't want anything else than what we have now.

00:59We count for our vote, not for us.

01:02I voted for the vote. I did it for a week, at 8.30am.

01:09Both candidates support the end of the war in Ukraine, but Nicosio Dan wants to continue

01:14the support. Jorge Simeon wishes Romania would stop aiding Ukrainians. While the independent

01:20candidate is getting support from European leaders such as Donald Tusk and Maya Sandu, Jorge Simeon

01:27is aligning himself more with Giorgio Milani and Mateusz Morawiecki.

01:31Experts warn that there might not only be a political fracture within the parties, but

01:36a fracture on a societal level, as people are more and more divided between the two candidates.

01:42Whatever the result, the new president must deal with the economic impact of such instability.

01:48Maya Bondic for Euronews.

01:51Kosovo Lisi

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