In Romania, the nationalist candidate George Simion is given favorite of the first round of the presidential election.
On LCI, vice-admiral Michel Olhagaray judges this “worrying” situation from the point of view of European defense.
This could be undermined in the event of a fall in Ukraine.
The presidential election is underway in Romania. It is George Simion, a nationalist and pro-Trump politician who is given favorite in the polls. The country could therefore switch to a sovereignist regime. However, Romania is an essential element of the military system of Europeans to support Ukraine, in particular by welcoming the largest NATO base in the region. “What I fear is this contagious effect between Hungary ofOrbanSlovakia, this Romania which can switch, the Czech Republic … “analyzes vice-admiral Michel Olhagaray on LCI, Sunday May 5. “It’s extremely worrying”, he warned.
“The analysis that must be made from the military point of view and from the point of view of the defense of Europe is that we see sink this species of pro-Russian nail at the very center of Europe, whose only obstacle is Ukraine”continues Michel Olhagaray. “This condemns, or it strengthens, the Ukraine defense of defense for other European countries”says the former commander of the naval school reminiscent that, at the same time, “NATO is also threatened since we do not know what the position of the Americans will be” on this subject.
