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Romanian center-right presidential candidate withdraws to support reformist leader Elena Lasconi

November 19, 2024

Presidential candidate Ludovic Orban, now the head of a center-right political vehicle but once the leader of the Liberal Party (PNL), announced he was stepping down in favor of reformist leader Elena Lasconi (USR) in a move aimed at triggering a consolidation of the center-right forces under a single candidate, several days before the first round of the presidential ballot on November 24.

The move may be too little and too late to consolidate the center-right electorate under a single...

The text of this article has been partially taken from the publication:
https://www.romania-insider.com/ludovic-orban-out-presidential-race-nov-2024
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