The Roman Center presented in the presidential race, the exit polls display

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The European Union’s supportive midfield was on his way to become the president of Romania on Sunday, according to the exit polls, as he led his running against the national eurosib to lead the first round and raised concerns about the country’s supportive trend.

Dan, a 55 -year -old mathematician and the mayor of the capital Bucharest, is scheduled to win more than 54 percent of the vote compared to about 45 percent of George Simon, former fetch soccer rioters who turned into the captain of the far -right AR party, according to CRRS and Avangarde.

“The elections are not related to politicians, they are about societies,” Dan said to the crowd. He admitted anger “the society that lost”, and promised reforms to combat corruption and improve the rule of law.

“Our mission is to fight for Romania, not two.”

A huge turnout It seems that it has a balance in favor of Dan, who received only 21 percent of the votes that were made in the first round, or nearly half of Simon. The Romanian mobilization to prevent what many saw as a threat to their country turns its back on NATO, the European Union and Ukraine.

Analysts have warned that exit polls do not take into account more than 1.6 million voters abroad who made their votes. In the first round, SIMION won about 600,000 Diaspora, while Dan got 250,000 votes.

Simon rose to Pole Against the anger of voters from the authorities that canceled the presidential elections last year due to the alleged Russian intervention in favor of another uncontrolled candidate, Călin Georgescu, who was amazingly to vote in the first round in November.

Georgsco was prevented from running again, but he supported Simon, who said he would make Prime Minister Georgsco if he wins.

The canceled vote and the victory in the first round of Simon led to a political and economic crisis, with the resignation of the Prime Minister, the value of the Noseediving coin and the country struggled to collect debts on international markets.

Romania has the highest budget deficit in the European Union and is just first -class above the unwanted situation according to all major classification agencies. Analysts have warned of difficult times in the future for the next president who will have to appoint a new prime minister to oversee quick reforms and avoid the loss of the investor’s status and access to European Union funds.

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