On Sunday, presidential elections were held in Romania, which saw the victory of the Social Democrats, the PSD party, which governs in the large coalition also formed by the PNL, the National Liberal Party in a broad centre-left coalition that has in fact always managed to prevail since the fall of the Soviet Union. However, what was surprising was, once again, the rise of a right-wing party: the AUR, the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, which also adheres to the European party of Conservatives and Reformists, Ecr, in which Fratelli d’Italia also participates.
Procaccini (FdI-Ecr): ‘Strong signal of appreciation’
AUR obtained a historic 18% of the vote, in line with what is happening a bit all over the world, with conservative parties expanding and winning the favour of the citizens, who are tired of the immobility of the ruling classes. It has happened in Europe, it has happened in Italy, it has even happened in the United States. For the rise of AUR, congratulations arrived from Nicola Procaccini, co-chairman of the Conservative Party in the European Parliament: “The outcome of the political elections in Romania,” said Procaccini, “has marked important consensus for the conservative party AUR (Alliance for the Unity of Romanians), which obtained 17.8% of the votes, multiplying them compared to the last elections. A strong signal of appreciation for Aur’s proposals and for its leader George Simion’. As for the results of the other parties, the PSD obtained just under 23% of the votes, while the PNL, close to the centre-right anyway, stopped at 14.5%. At 11.9% was the reformist party Union Save Romania (USR), while three other parties failed to pass the 5% threshold. The vote came after a controversial first presidential round, which saw the victory of right-wing independent leader Calin Georgescu and the defeat of Marcel Ciolacu, currently prime minister and therefore resigned as PSD leader.
In any case, the Conservative family continues to expand in every EU Member State. “To our colleagues in the European Parliament and to the entire political community of the AUR,” Procaccini concluded, “I send my congratulations and best wishes for good work.