Romania's Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu faced calls to resign on Monday after a far-right opposition leader won the first round of the presidential election re-run, heightening political uncertainty in the country.

Nearly complete electoral data shows that hard-right nationalist George Simion has secured a decisive win in the first round of Romania’s presidential election redo.

George Simion, a nationalist and vocal supporter of U.S. President Donald Trump and his MAGA movement, has won Romania’s first-round presidential election after capitalizing on widespread anti-establi