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Romanian Social Democrats clear Crin Antonescu as ruling coalition's presidential candidate

February 3, 2025

Romania's leading ruling partner, the Social Democratic Party (PSD), endorsed Crin Antonescu, who was proposed by the Hungarian party UDMR and has already been endorsed by the Liberals (PNL) as the ruling coalition's presidential candidate. He also set a conservative agenda for the electoral campaign.

In his position as PNL president, Crin Antonescu brought his party into an alliance with the Social Democrats, allegedly sponsored by oligarch Dan Voiculescu...

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