The media reported on the admission of the leader of the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians to the presidential election

In Romania, the leader of the country's largest far-right party, the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians, George Simion, was allowed to participate in the presidential elections, Bloomberg reported on March 15.

"38-year-old Simion decided at the last minute to join the repeat presidential elections on May 4 after the election commission ruled out [the possibility of participating in the elections] Calin Georgescu," the article says.

In just a few days, supporters of the Alliance for the Unification of Romanians party collected 600,000 signatures, with the required 200,000.

On the same day, the Central Election Bureau (CEC) of Romania did not allow the leader of the S.O.S.Romania party, Senator of the Romanian Parliament Diana Shoshoake to participate in the repeat presidential elections.

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On March 9, the electoral authority refused to register opposition politician Calin Georgescu as a candidate, deciding that the documents submitted by him did not comply with the requirements of the law. This decision sparked protests in Bucharest, which escalated into clashes with the police.

Later, on March 11, the Constitutional Court of Romania upheld the CEC's decision rejecting Georgescu's registration for the presidential election. The opposition leader himself called this step a blow to democracy.

The first round of the Romanian presidential election was held on November 24, 2024. According to official sources, Georgescu was in the lead with 22.94% of the vote, but on November 28, the country's Constitutional Court demanded that the Central Election Commission recount the results. They were cancelled on December 6. Repeat elections will be held in Romania on May 4. The second round is scheduled for May 18.