In November 2024, he had arrived fourth during the first ballot, which was canceled by the Constitutional Court of the country because of suspicions of Russian interference in favor of candidate Calin Georgescu. It is the postponement of the latter’s voices, dismissed by justice, which allowed George Simion to finish this Sunday, May 4. The two men were indeed seen together in a polling station near Bucharest.
Georgescu supports Simion, and the latter made him well: if he was elected on May 14, at the end of the second round, he promised to “bring Georgescu to power”, thanks to “a referendum, anticipated legislative elections or the formation of a coalition in Parliament which would name him Prime Minister”.
This unwavering support earned him an investigation by the prosecution for incitement to violence following his remarks saying that he wanted to “brush alive” those responsible for the “coup d’etat” having ousted Georgescu.
football fan … and Trump
Aged 38, George Simion began his political career in 2019, by co -founding the Alliance party for the Romanian unity (AUR) which is now the second political force of the Camera Deputaților (the Chamber of Deputies). Elected for the first time deputy of Bucharest in 2020, he is also a former ultra supporter of the Romanian national team.
The one who describes himself as “Christian, nationalist and patriotic” is also against gay marriages or vaccination against COVID-19 and had distinguished himself by estimating, in 2022, that the Holocaust should not be taught in school. He is also the bearer of an irredentist discourse worth a territorial ban in Ukraine and Moldova.
Assumed admirer of Donald Trump, of whom he attended the nomination, in January, he himself said to himself “totally agree with the ideology ” Maga ”” of the tenant of the White House. He also pushes the comparison by taking up the rhetoric of the American billionaire by denouncing potential “massive electoral fraud” against him and wanting to track down and remove the posts and expenses deemed unnecessary to invest in the defense.
EU review, but not pro-Russian
Like Calin Georgescu, George Simion does not like “Bureaucrats Brussels”. He has done a large part of his campaign, including drum beating on Tiktok, by attacking the policy of the European Union: “We are not against the European Union, we Romanians. We want to be part of the EU, but not from the European Union of Brussels, the corrupt bureaucracy, but of a Europe of the Nations, “he said during the campaign.
