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Co-founder of Romania's isolationist party AUR resigns citing authoritarianism

April 10, 2025

Claudiu Târziu, a member of the European Parliament and co-founder of Romania's isolationist far-right Alliance for the Unification of Romanians (AUR), announced his resignation from the party on April 9, denouncing what he described as the increasingly authoritarian leadership of AUR president and presidential candidate George Simion. The announcement was made in a blog...

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