Almost 70% of Romanians would vote for a nationalist candidate for the position of president, who promotes religious values and supports the traditional family, reveals an INSCOP survey presented on Tuesday, the percentage being slightly higher than two years ago. However, only 16% would maintain their choice if such a party/candidate were to propose closer ties with Russia. According to the survey, 69.1% of Romanians would vote for a nationalist party or candidate for the position of president, who promotes religious values and supports the traditional family (compared to 65.7% in January 2022). 27.3% declare that they would not vote for such a party/candidate (compared to 32.8% in January 2022). 3.6% do not know or do not respond out of the total sample. By comparison, in January 2022, of those willing to vote for a nationalist party (65.7% of the total sample), 26% stated they would maintain their choice (approximately 17% of the total survey participants), while 68.4% supported the opposite. Hypothetical voting intention for a nationalist party proposing the nationalization of companies exploiting natural resources 37.4% of those willing to vote for a nationalist party or candidate for the position of president (69.1% of the total sample in December 2024) would maintain their choice if such a party/candidate were to propose the nationalization of companies exploiting natural resources (which represents approximately 25.9% of the total survey participants). 52.2% would change their choice. 10.4% do not know or do not respond. The survey was conducted by INSCOP Research on behalf of Funky Citizens. The data was collected between December 16-23, 2024. Research method: sociological survey through a questionnaire. The data was collected through the CATI method (telephone interviews), with a multistage stratified sample volume of 1000 people, representative of significant socio-demographic categories (gender, age, occupation) for the non-institutionalized population of Romania, aged 18 and over. The maximum permissible data error is +/- 3.1%, with a confidence level of 95%.
Romanian producers from Timiș and Tulcea claimed three gold medals at the 2025 edition of the Concours International de Lyon, one of Europe’s leading cheese and dairy competitions. Held in Lyon, the event brought together products from 15 countries and awarded a total of 680 medals, including 459 gold and 221 silver. From Romania, Asociația […]
Romania’s national team learned its potential group-stage opponents for the 2026 FIFA World Cup on Friday, December 5, during the official draw held at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C. The winner of the UEFA play-off path that includes Romania will join Group D, alongside the United States, Paraguay, […]
Romanian president Nicuşor Dan is paying an official visit to France on Monday and Tuesday, with a schedule that includes meetings with French leader Emmanuel Macron, Paris mayor Anne Hidalgo, and members of the Romanian community,
The December 7 elections in Bucharest marked the lowest turnout in the last decade, but were also a major win for the National Liberal Party (PNL) since its candidate, Ciprian Ciucu, won a majority of votes in 5 of the 6 districts of the capital. In District 1, Ciprian Ciucu obtained 40.29% of the votes. […]
Romania’s profit share, defined as the proportion of value added distributed by non-financial corporations to capital rather than labour, fell for the second consecutive year to 48.1% in 2024, Eurostat reported on December 7. The ratio was 40.0% on average in the European Union, with below-average ratios in more developed countries such as France (32.2%) […]
The pension law "brutally violates the independence of the judiciary" and "de facto eliminates the service pension for magistrates," according to the reasoning published by the High Court (ICCJ) along with its decision to refer the magistrates' pensions law to the Constitutional Court, Ziarul Financiar reported. ...
