Simion supports Trump and told AP last week that the AUR party is “perfectly aligned with the MAGA movement,” referring to the U.S. president's Make America Great Again movement.

Simion supports Trump and told AP last week that the AUR party is “perfectly aligned with the MAGA movement,” referring to the U.S. president’s Make America Great Again movement.

Presidential candidate George Simion, the leader of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) speaks during an interview in Bucharest, Romania, Tuesday, May 6, 2025. Credit: AP/Vadim Ghirda ...

Latest exit polls indicate that AUR party leader George Simion is ahead in Romania's presidential election. Meanwhile, two pro-West candidates are embattled for second place to enter the run-off.

George Simion won 41% of ballots cast in the first round of the re-run on May 4 – double the number of his rival, Nicusor Dan, the centrist mayor of Bucharest.

Official electoral data shows Romania's hard-right nationalist leader, George Simion, won the most votes. A runoff with Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan is set to take place on May 18.

In 2020, Simion’s AUR party — which proclaims to stand for “family, nation, faith, and freedom” — doubled its support in a parliamentary election on Dec. 1 with 18.2%, up from 9% four ...

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