Centre-left PSD looks to have held off far right challenge, with seven out of 10 Romanians voting for mainstream partiesRomania’s ruling Social Democrat party (PSD) was on course to win the most votes in Sunday’s parliamentary elections, holding off a strong far-right surge that could yet deliver the country’s presidency to a Moscow-friendly ultranationalist.Amid uncertainty as to whether the constitutional court would later on Monday order the first round of the presidential ballot to be rerun, officials said that with 99.5% of votes counted, the centre-left PSD was credited with 22.6% of the vote. Continue reading…
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Author : Jon Henley
Publish date : 2024-12-02 10:04:00
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Romania’s Social Democrats on course to win parliamentary majority
