Europe elections live: polls to close in Poland, Portugal and Romania on ‘Super Sunday’

Far-right win is a real possibility in Romania, while Poles and Portuguese are also voting todayRomanians are voting in a pivotal presidential run-off that could radically alter their country’s strategic alignment and economic prospects.The Romanian contest, the most consequential of the three, pits a brash, EU-critical, Trump-admiring populist Georgie Simion against a centrist independent Nicușor Dan in a knife-edge vote that analysts have called most important in the country’s post-communist history. Continue reading...

Europe elections live: polls to close in Poland, Portugal and Romania on ‘Super Sunday’

Far-right win is a real possibility in Romania, while Poles and Portuguese are also voting today

Romanians are voting in a pivotal presidential run-off that could radically alter their country’s strategic alignment and economic prospects.

The Romanian contest, the most consequential of the three, pits a brash, EU-critical, Trump-admiring populist Georgie Simion against a centrist independent Nicușor Dan in a knife-edge vote that analysts have called most important in the country’s post-communist history.

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