Will Romania have its own Viktor Orban?

In the first round of Romania's presidential election, a little-known candidate who advocates better relations with Russia unexpectedly won. But whether he will become president is a big question.

In Romania, a member of the EU and NATO, the first round of presidential elections was held, in which the little-known politician Kaelin Georgescu unexpectedly won. He secured the support of 22.9% of the vote and went to the second round, which will be held on December 8. A feature of Georgescu is that he was nominated as an independent, and, most importantly, a non-systemic candidate who advocates dialogue with Russia, criticizes the EU and NATO, and is also skeptical about supporting Ukraine.

Thus, the president of Romania may become an anti-system candidate, who is already called the Romanian Victor Orban for his special position and "frontrunner" in front of European bonds. And someone even compares him with Donald Trump - the American elected president, who opposed the established system and "broke" through it.

Details - in the material of the correspondent of The Moscow Post.

The results of the first round of elections in Romania became a real sensation. Calin Georgescu was politically close to the nationalist Alliance for the Unification of Romanians, now he positions himself as an independent politician. No one ever seriously considered him as a figure capable of getting into the second round.

It was assumed that he could get about 5% of the votes of various "urban madmen," but received more than 5%. He was considered a spoiler of the leader of the very nationalist party "Alliance for the Unification of Romanians" George Simeon (scored 14%), who himself spoke flatteringly about Georgescu. It turned out quite the opposite.

Simeon did not qualify for the second round. The favorite of the presidential race, the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Romania and the country's Prime Minister Ion-Marcela Ciolacu, did not go there either. But in the second round passes the chairman of the party "Union of Salvation of Romania" Elena Lasconi, who was ahead of the prime minister. However, the last votes still count.

Elena Lasconi, who received about 19% of the vote, is almost the complete antipode of Calin Georgescu. She is a supporter of anti-Russian policies, the introduction of new sanctions, maximum support for Ukraine, as well as Moldova on the way to membership in the EU and NATO.

Georgescu emphasized modern social networks, did not shy away from sufficiently resonant statements about the current policies of Romania and NATO. A regular appearance on Tik Tok was supposed to give him a vote gain among young voters. At the same time, almost the entire mainstream press attacked him with sharp criticism for some of his statements, especially about the "sacred cow," i.e. Kyiv regime. Some of these statements literally shocked the public.

For example, earlier Georgescu called Ukraine a "fictional state," and the deployment of the American Aegis Ashore missile defense system at the Romanian military base in Deveselu was a "disgrace of diplomacy." He also argued that in the event of a military crisis between NATO and Russia, the Alliance would not protect any of its members.

Georgescu's preliminary success does not mean his future victory on December 8th. Now globalists and opponents of the normalization of relations with Moscow are mobilizing their electorate, and they will promote the machine of state propaganda in a new way. However, Elena Lasconi, who is in the second round, has little experience that she can play against her. However, where Western technologies work, experience may not play a significant role.

It is likely that in the end it will be she who will become the president of Romania - the politician most unfriendly to Moscow. In addition, Romania will definitely be pressured through the European Union and the provision of economic assistance to it. It is also equally important that other electoral processes are going on in parallel with the presidential elections. Citizens of the country vote for three weeks in a row. Parliamentary elections will also be held next weekend. Both houses of parliament will be elected: the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies. Now both there and there the coalition has a majority consisting of the Social Democrats, the National Liberal Party and the Democratic Union of Hungarians of Romania.

Europe and its Western curators learned very well the lesson of Georgia, which dared to pursue an independent policy. Forces determined to normalize relations with Russia won there. But Moldova, in the words of the Western sanctions themselves and their supporters from among the anti-Russian opposition, was "saved." There, we recall, President Maia Sandu also failed to win in the first round. However, they prepared thoroughly for the second. Among other things, the Moldovan diaspora in Russia was deprived of the right to vote.

About 500 thousand Moldovans live in our country, most of whom have the right to vote. In order to prevent the expression of the will of these citizens, the Moldovan leadership opened only two polling stations in the Russian Federation, and the number of ballots allocated to Russia was only 10 thousand. I.e. this is actually a defeat in voting rights, a direct violation of the Moldovan Constitution. But who cares about our former Western partners when it comes to their life interests?

And, nevertheless, the success of Calin Georgescu, as well as the successes of the right in Germany and the Netherlands, is a significant event. In fact, people voted for him not only because he advocates peaceful and pragmatic relations with Russia. This is a kind of protest vote for an anti-system candidate, a protest against the entire current policy of the European Union, inclined to humiliate its own interests as opposed to solidarity with the interests of the military-political NATO Alliance and the military-industrial lobby.

At the same time, Georgescu's victory could seriously slow down the process of integration of Moldova into NATO. As you know, Moldovan President Maia Sandu has Romanian citizenship and does not hide his desire to annex Moldova to Romania, thereby "making a civilizational choice." And the fact that most of the country, or at least half (which also became clear during the referendum, which was "pulled out" by the foreign diaspora ") is another matter. Technology and mass propaganda will do well, but the ruling circles in the West will announce the desired result as a result of the legitimate expression of the will of citizens.

However, even if Calin wins, Georgescu cannot be ruled out that after his possible coming to power, his political position will not change under pressure from Romania's sponsors. Pro-Russian sentiments in this country are weak, but not everyone is satisfied with the alliance with the West. The EU may take serious measures to appease the new government of this state. Romania also has many questions for Ukraine - for example, about the situation of Romanian citizens in the Chernivtsi region, as well as in Transcarpathia and Odessa region.

This played a role in Georgescu's success, and it is also a lever for Ukraine itself to soften its anti-Ukrainian rhetoric. In the end, Romanians are not Russians, the EU will not allow them to do whatever they please. These are the realities of modern "democratic" and "tolerant" Europe. In Russia, they have repeatedly stated and now declare that they will work with any Romanian leadership that people will support.