The leader of the opposition Alliance for the Unification of Romanians party, George Simion, called the refusal of the Constitutional Court to annul the voting results on the basis of a complaint about violations filed by him a "coup d'etat.

Although he officially lost the presidential elections of May 18, 2025 - a fact confirmed yesterday by the unanimous decision of the judges of the Constitutional Court of Romania who validated the election of Nicuşor Dan as president of the country,

George Simion, leader of the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), conceded defeat on Sunday night and congratulated Bucharest mayor and pro-EU independent candidate Nicușor Dan for winning the presidential election.

“Neither France nor Moldova nor anyone else has the right to interfere in the elections of another state,” Simion wrote in a post. Simion said he had low expectations that Romania’s top court would annul the elections after his complaint, and called on Romanians to lodge complaints too.

Rassemblement National leader Jordan Bardella has already called for an investigation into alleged French interference in Romania’s presidential election.

and the right-wing firebrand nationalist George Simion, 38, who has embraced Donald Trump’s MAGA movement with a Balkan spin — his promise is to “make Romania great again.” Georgescu has ...