Twenty percent of Romanians live outside the country – a total of 5 million people – and in the first round of the presidential election that concludes on Sunday, they voted overwhelmingly for far-right…

Twenty percent of Romanians live outside the country – a total of 5 million people

In the first round of the election on 4 May, the Romanian far right obtained even higher results outside its borders than it did within – Simion came first with more than 40 per cent of the vote in Romania, but took more than 60 per cent of the vote in the diaspora.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    3 days ago

    So the same far-right populism on the rise story as everywhere else?

    I truly hope the fall of the USA will put an end to it. It already does put a damper on it afaics.

    • ZeroGravitas@lemm.eeEnglish
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      3 days ago

      I call them the “far dumb”. They borrow idiotic propaganda from both left and right. Like: the foreigners are to blame for the state of the country, we’ll kick them out and nationalise the industry and split the profits with everyone. Except for the lazy bums in public administration, which we’re going to fire en masse.