The first political leader in the West who congratulates George Simion, after the victory in the first round: “Bravo”

Romania chooses another anti-EU and anti-nato nationalist in the first round of the presidential elections, after the November, won by Călin Georgescu and canceled by the Constitutional Court for financial irregularities and Russian interference, writes the Italian agency ANSA, who records that Italian Deputy Prime minister Matteo Salvini, an extreme right-wing politician.

“In Romania, the people finally voted, freely, with their heads and heart. With blessing (ironic – no) for the” masters “in Brussels and for their dirty tricks. Bravo, George Simion!”, Wrote X Matteo Salvini, who had previously criticized the annulment of the presidential elections in Romania.

Associated with the government with the Party of Giorgia Meloni, the extremist LEG Party of Matteo Salvini is not part, in the European Parliament, from the same political group with gold or the Italian brothers of the Italian prime minister. Salvini’s party is from the group of “patriots” (of which Viktor Orban’s fidesz and Marine Le Pen racial is also included), while gold and Giorgia Meloni’s formation are in the European Conservatives and Reformists.

The pro-European Mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan, will be the opponent of the far right candidate George Simion in the second round of the presidential elections in Romania. With 99% of the counting bulletins, the leader of the National Gold Party, a supporter of US President Donald Trump, obtained 40.5% of the votes and will now face the second round with Dan, who climbed the second place with 20.9% of the preferences, compared to 20.3% for the candidate of the governing coalition Crin Antonescu.
Nicuşor Dan, the independent mayor of Bucharest, a reformist, addresses the young and urban electorate, proposing as a symbol of European change and integration, notes ANSA. The “surprise of Ponta”, which some were afraid of in the election campaign, did not produce: the former prime minister remained behind, outside the election game, the agency also records. The ANSA also mentions that Simion had been presented with Călin Georgescu, and the golden leader alluded to the possibility of giving Georgescu the position of prime minister.

The election day was marked by coordinated cyber attacks, writes ANSA. The websites of the interior and justice ministries and the candidate Antonescu were affected by a DDOS attack, which temporarily compromised their operation. The Noname057 (16) group, known for its cyber disturbance actions in support of the pro-Russian narrative, claimed the attack on Telegram, saying that he sent “DDOS surprises” to institutional sites. The National Directorate for Cyber ​​Security confirmed the incident, specifying that at 14:00 all the affected portals were again operational. The incident is in a context of hybrid pressure that has already made from Romania the target of tens of thousands of cyber attacks in recent months, the ANSA, quoted by news.ro.

In this climate, the first round registered a national participation of 53.16%, increasing from the vote canceled in November. The mobilization of the diaspora was particularly significant, almost one million Romanians voting in the three days dedicated to the vote from abroad. It is a record number, which could have a decisive weight especially in establishing the second place. Despite the media attention paid to the exit poll, their reliability is inoiene. According to the analyzes of independent institutes and journalists, about 50% of the voters refused to declare for who they voted, reducing the reliability of the projections. A similar phenomenon occurred in November 2024, when the data at the exit from the ballot box proved deeply wrong, contributing to the voting delegitimation, which was later canceled, explains ANSA.