Centre-left PSD looks to have held off far-right challenge, with 70% of Romanians voting for mainstream partiesRomania’s ruling Social Democrat party (PSD) was on course to win the most votes in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, holding off a strong far-right surge that could yet deliver the country’s presidency to a Moscow-friendly ultranationalist.Amid uncertainty as to whether the constitutional court would on Monday order the first round of the presidential ballot to be rerun, officials said that with 99.5% of votes counted, the centre-left PSD was credited with 22.6% of the vote. Continue reading…
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Author : Jon Henley
Publish date : 2024-12-02 10:17:01
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Romania’s Social Democrats on course to win parliamentary majority despite far-right surge
