Romanians vote in a parliamentary election later on Sunday in which the far-right is expected to gain from uncertainty over whether the shock result in a presidential election will stand.
Days after far-right politician Calin Georgescu won most votes in the presidential election first round, an opinion poll this week showed the hard-right Alliance for Uniting Romanians (AUR) had a narrow lead over the governing Social Democrats.
Gains by far-right groupings in Sunday’s parliamentary vote after a campaign dominated by voters’ concerns over budget problems and the cost of living could upend Romania’s pro-Western orientation and undermine support for Ukraine, political analysts said.
A woman walks by a panel displaying posters of various political parties, ahead of the country’s parliamentary polls. Photo: AP
“People who have serenely voted for Georgescu do not realise we are essentially talking about a total trajectory shift,” political scientist Cristian Pirvulescu said.
Romania is a member of the European Union and Nato.
Georgescu’s unexpected success last Sunday aroused suspicions of interference in the campaign, prompted a vote recount, and led to a defeated candidate asking the country’s top court to rerun the first round of voting.
The confusion means the parliamentary election is going ahead with voters uncertain whether the outcome of the presidential first-round vote will stand.
An office of the National Liberal Party, in Bucharest, Romania. Photo: Reuters
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