Romania elections: ruling Social Democrats on course for most votes

Exit poll suggests leftwing PSD poised to defeat resurgent far-right movement in parliamentary electionRomania’s ruling leftwing Social Democrats (PSD) look set to have won the most votes in Sunday’s parliamentary election, defeating a resurgent far-right movement challenging the country’s pro-western orientation, an exit poll shows.The vote is the second of three ballots for a new parliament and a new president, after the first round of the presidential election on 24 November in which an independent far-right candidate, Călin Georgescu, emerged from relative obscurity to become the frontrunner. Continue reading…



Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/01/romania-parliamentary-election-social-democrats-far-right

Author : Reuters in Bucharest

Publish date : 2024-12-01 19:27:41

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