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Steal Victory From Simion? Not This Time, EU

Any EU interference to obstruct Simion’s candidacy would provoke a strong negative response from the Romanian people, Dr. George Szamuely, senior research fellow at the Global Policy Institute, told Sputnik.
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Romanians would react "very negatively" if Brussels tries to block nationalist candidate George Simion from winning the elections, Dr. George Szamuely warned.
“Simion [has] absolutely identified himself with [Calin] Georgescu, who clearly, in the eyes of Romanians, was unjustly robbed of the presidency,” Szamuely notes, adding that with Simion now leading at 41%, it would be extremely difficult for the EU to push him aside.
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