Romanians have rejected fear, manipulation and foreign interference, with Nicuşor Dan taking 54.2% of the vote in the presidential race and his far-right rival George Simion taking 45.8%. In effect, Russia has lost the election. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m... - ThreadSky

kristiankiehling.bsky.social • 13 days ago

Romanians have rejected fear, manipulation and foreign interference, with Nicuşor Dan taking 54.2% of the vote in the presidential race and his far-right rival George Simion taking 45.8%. In effect, Russia has lost the election.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/18/centrist-nicusor-dan-on-course-to-beat-far-right-rival-in-romanian-election-exit-polls-suggest

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joejinis.bsky.social•12 days ago

45% is still too much ><

ancaib.bsky.social•12 days ago

Yes, we have a big problem. A large part of the population lives in a different reality, and somehow we will have to reconcile from this division created for electoral purposes.

kristiankiehling.bsky.social•12 days ago

From my perspective, the bigger problem is that the EU does not yet seem to understand that the Russians are using the internet in the same way that the Nazis used radio, investing more than €500 million annually to divide our populations.The East StratCom Task Force has a budget of just 6 million.

ancaib.bsky.social•12 days ago

There's one more step, in two weeks, the second round of elections in Poland. The Russians need to get beaten again.

jane-oh.bsky.social•12 days ago

Thank god.

toshibafella.bsky.social•13 days ago

👍

skeabrae.bsky.social•12 days ago

Common sense prevails post Trump..

In Canada, Australia and now Romania..

UK soon - goodbye to fascists, you never were, or will be, any good for any fair minded nations..!

dvodvo.bsky.social•13 days ago

[sigh of relief]

Now, on to the subject of Ukraine's victory...

smilo998.bsky.social•12 days ago

Another small step for democracy.

citizenjones123.bsky.social•12 days ago

It is just a new form of humiliation, seeing other nations standing up to far-right tyrants, because they now see the US as a warning.

anthrohuman.bsky.social•12 days ago

The far right got nearly 50%

If only 4 in 100 people voted differently, Simion would have won.

I understand the need for good news, but that’s not “rejection”

aoleks.bsky.social•12 days ago

If the population mobilises, extremists stand absolutely no chance. It’s when they don’t, like the americans did, that incompetent fucks get into power. Kamala could have been a landslide, but people prioritised staying home. Let them have what’s coming at them.

screever.bsky.social•12 days ago

This is how protest voters destroyed America.
Margins so slim in a life or death situation and protestors play like toddlers with the outcomes.
You’re lucky to have so many intelligent people.

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