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Romanian ruling coalition's presidential candidate steps back

January 6, 2025

Former Liberal (PNL) president Crin Antonescu declared his presidential candidacy "unilaterally suspended."

Antonescu had accepted to run for president after the proposal of the ruling coalition formed by the Liberals (PNL), Social Democrats (PSD), the Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR), and the minorities' group in Parliament.

Antonescu confirmed his commitment to running in the presidential elections but said that the four political leaders who...

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