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Romania's far-right leader George Simion elected vice-president of ECR Party

January 15, 2025

The leader of Romania's nationalist party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), George Simion, was elected, on January 14, vice-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists Party (ECR Party), one of the most influential parties on the current European political scene, during a congress organized by the ECR Party in Brussels.

"George Simion has won the position coveted by Swedish, Czech, and Spanish politicians. The newly elected party leadership, in addition...

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