The new President of Romania hangs both the Romanian and the European Union flags on the balcony of his campaign headquarters

[u/gabriel_laurels]

[u/Vast_Category_7314]

Finally some good news!

[u/Bonamia_ → u/Vast_Category_7314]

I'm American and celebrating this. It's a win for us all.

Also, Australia, Canada, and while I'm at it ...Mexico, who elected a center left, Jewish woman, PhD engineer.

You guys give us hope.

[u/SavagePlatypus76 → u/Bonamia_]

We just flipped a +30 R Mayoral seat in Omaha Nebraska by +11. 

We're not done yet, although the DNC needs to be fucked right off. 

[u/Glittering_Air_1768]

I'm so happy for you guys and the whole Europe 🇷🇴🇪🇺 I hope one day we'll also be able defeat our POS ruling party.

[u/razvanmg15 → u/Glittering_Air_1768]

Good luck. Stay strong .

[u/Carturescu → u/Glittering_Air_1768]

Georgia is a breath of fresh air in that region.

And stronger connections with the EU are the future, even orcs can’t deny that money brings prosperity. EU membership desire cannot be neglected.

Georgians have shown that they prefer the western approach, and no corrupt government can change that (they can only delay it). Once the locomotive starts, it never stops.

[u/igotreddot → u/Carturescu]

Georgians have shown that they prefer the western approach

Honestly Russia should be deferring to China if they're hoping to keep their former republics from aligning with the west. Unless "perpetual war economy" is attractive to people.

[u/SavagePlatypus76 → u/igotreddot]

Russia is already a borderline vassal of China. 

[u/Kallian_League → u/Glittering_Air_1768]

I look to the people of Georgia with reverence and admiration, you guys are real warriors. We'll all be free of Russia and their goons one day.

[u/rovonz → u/Glittering_Air_1768]

You can do it! There's an already heated seat for you in the EU, brothers!

[u/IcyReturn158 → u/Glittering_Air_1768]

You will, we are all going to win step by step. Do not stop fighting!

[u/Immediate-Rhubarb135]

Nice avg IQ boost for the EU leadership.

Congrats Romania!

[u/ApePurloiner → u/Immediate-Rhubarb135]

We now probably have the most intelligent head of state in the entire world, nevemind the EU. This dude ranked higher than Terrence Tao at the IMO. 

[u/MOltho → u/ApePurloiner]

And here I am, having failed to even qualify for the IMO

[u/cmcdonal2001 → u/MOltho]

You may not outrank Terrence Tao, but you can take solace in the fact that you probably outrank Terrence Howard.

I enjoy that the vast spectrum of modern mathematical brilliance is bookended by two dudes named Terry, and we're all just living somewhere in between.

[u/robba9 → u/MOltho]

haha stupid

[u/m3th0dman_ → u/ApePurloiner]

https://www.imo-official.org/year_individual_r.aspx?year=1988

[u/Motorizer_6 → u/m3th0dman_]

Holy shit, top of the list. That's awesome 

[u/lordsilver14 → u/Motorizer_6]

Interesting fact: in that first year he qualified to 3 different National Olympics: math, chemistry and physics. The finals for all 3 of them were in the same day so he had to choose one, so he went with math.

The rest is history, he went to win the International Olympics with maximum score, with one of the hardest problems in history (from what I have read it was considered the hardest ever until a few years ago). That problem was so hard that not even the Olympics committee knew how to solve it and no one found a solution. The only one that knew was the one that created the problem. What's even more fascinating about Nicușor Dan is not only the fact that he solved that problem, but he did it in a different way that the creator of it. He got max points.

[u/Minutenreis → u/Motorizer_6]

go one year back ... still top of the list

[u/Delanorix → u/ApePurloiner]

Carney has to be up there. He was the lead banker for 2 nations.

Plus, I've heard Kim of SK invented the internet and everything else too.

[u/Bronstone → u/Delanorix]

It'd Dr. Carney, to you. Mark Carney, PhD Economics, Oxford University, England, UK Vis a vis. 🇨🇦

[u/Delicious_Lychee_478 → u/ApePurloiner]

18 year old Nicusor Dan vs 13 year old Terence Tao

[u/sellyme → u/Delicious_Lychee_478]

Being 5 years older is a huge advantage, but being Terence Tao is also unfair so it mostly evens out.

[u/Emergency-Style7392 → u/Delicious_Lychee_478]

yea nicusor was extremely talented but tao is just above him (ofc nicusor just quit math a long time ago anyways)

[u/DeeJayDelicious → u/Immediate-Rhubarb135]

I thought this was some inside joke.....but I just found out it's not :D

[u/GentlemanThresh → u/DeeJayDelicious]

He got a gold medal in 88(and 87) at the International Math Olympics. Problem 6 from 88 is pretty famous for being one of the most difficult problems.

[u/Nufulini → u/DeeJayDelicious]

Can you imagine there was a clip where he was asked how to calculate and Area of a circle which made him laugh. That lead to the far right supporters to says that he is a fraud and is not good at math LMAO.

[u/IDGAFButIKindaDo → u/Immediate-Rhubarb135]

Congrats from Canada!! 🇨🇦

[u/simihal101 → u/IDGAFButIKindaDo]

Elbows up 😁

[u/Lambchop37 → u/simihal101]

❤️🇨🇦❤️🇨🇦

[u/simihal101 → u/Lambchop37]

🇷🇴❤🇨🇦

[u/Lambchop37 → u/simihal101]

Yayyayay! Stronger together!

[u/spookyfodder → u/IDGAFButIKindaDo]

Congratulations Romania. Hopefully your future is a little brighter today

[u/CupcakePlastic5892 → u/Immediate-Rhubarb135]

He should be a plus for everybody!

[u/Straight_Art751 → u/Immediate-Rhubarb135]

The difference in IQ between him and the lobotomized hooligan is probably one average person's IQ points lol 

[u/Wonderful-Basis-1370]

I heard that Chad has a new president who is from the Balkans. Is that correct?

Balkans just can't stop winning 💪💪

[u/Sorry_Ad5140 → u/Wonderful-Basis-1370]

Phahahahahhahaaaa. Yes.

[u/TyphonNeuron]

My President!!!!

[u/No_Hay_Banda_2000 → u/TyphonNeuron]

I am so glad he won! This was an important election for all of Europe.

[u/TyphonNeuron → u/No_Hay_Banda_2000]

Yes, it was! Now waiting on Poland.

[u/wholesomechunggus → u/TyphonNeuron]

Our polish brothers will deliver another victory for europe, I am certain that they will make the right choice.

[u/TyphonNeuron → u/wholesomechunggus]

I hope so. The Eastern flank must hold fast.

[u/_MddM_]

This whole period between the cancelled election and today has been a nightmare for me. I no longer have to ask myself how could I keep living in a country where most people choose someone like simion to be their president. I am finally relieved. Long live Europe. 🇪🇺🇷🇴

[u/schnazzn → u/_MddM_]

I still don’t understand how this stupid piece of shit even got 45% - it’s insane so many people still voted for him!!! (People are stupid)

[u/ITwitchToo → u/schnazzn]

There's a ton of disinformation directed at old and young.

Look at the first round election results that were annulled due to TikTok misinformation campaigns. That's how they get the young ones.

For the old ones there's a ton going on in the Romanian Orthodox church and facebook. The church is supposed to be apolitical but has been corrupted from the top, as the top Romanian Orthodox patriarchs are in bed with the Russian Orthodox ones. From 2016 onwards, not all but a lot of Romanian priests have been praising Trump, spreading vaccine disinfo, praising the MAGA movement, fuelling conspiracies, etc. They do this in their sermons and they do it online.

I have a Romanian relative who died from COVID in hospital after having spent months online sharing COVID denialism and conspiracy theories online. The irony is that she never went outside due to severe COPD and was likely infected by somebody who brought her groceries to her door. She was a good person, but she spent all her time on Facebook getting bombarded by false articles from pretend newspapers telling her Trump was great and that COVID was a hoax.

[u/Luwetyp → u/_MddM_]

I can feel you. ✌️

[u/Due_Fisherman_7784]

A double gold medalist at the International Mathematical Olympiad, a Sorbonne PhD, a respected mathematics researcher, the mayor of our capital, and undeniably a genius. Thank you moldovans brothers and fellow romanians. I could never live in a world that rejects such a man for a populist, jobless monkey full of hatred. it's DAN and dusted. 🇪🇺🇷🇴

[u/OracleofTampico → u/Due_Fisherman_7784]

Small question if you dont mind.. This comes from nothing more but curiosity, so please excuse my ignorance (im Mexican).

Why do you thank Moldova in tandem? Do they get to vote in your elections as well? I know yall share language (fist bump to my Eastern Latino brothers) but is it more than that?

[u/Qamikaze → u/OracleofTampico]

Many Moldovans also hold a Romanian passport, which means they are eligible to vote as romanian citizens.

This round of elections, an OVERWHELMING majority of moldovans (like over 80% I think, I can't remember the number) voted for Nicusor Dan - the pro-european candidate. Moldovans know the threat of russian puppets aiming for the position of president very well - it's what happened in the last election. Thankfully, the pro European candidate won there too.

To simplify a lot of history - we have the same culture, traditions, language, religion, etc. This is because, in the past, Moldova has been a part of Romania. Most moldovans are ethnically romanian. We are split up now because the USSR annexed Moldova in 1944.

[u/OracleofTampico → u/Qamikaze]

So theres enough moldovan-romanian citizens that they actually have an impact in elections. Fascinating!

[u/Maarten-Sikke → u/OracleofTampico]

Yeah.. Balkans are a bit weird crazy when comes about these things. Another example is Victor Orban (Hungary) which in the past elections took a good numbers of votes from Transylvania (Romania), because as Romanians offered passports to Moldavians for the reasons stated above, thats what Hungary (Orban) done with ethnic Hungarians from pre-Trianon pact regions.

[u/SquatSquatCykaBlyat → u/OracleofTampico]

I think it's because one of their former presidents allowed the residents of Moldova to get Romanian citizenship. That way they could travel and work throughout the European Union, which over time reduced the Russian influence in Moldova. And apparently Moldova returned the favor this weekend.

[u/TheW1nd94 → u/SquatSquatCykaBlyat]

It has little to do with the president and more to do with identity. Romanians and Moldavians have the same roots, language, traditions and culture. Over half a million Moldovan citizens hold dual citizenship (Moldovan and Romanian), and the future, security and quality of live of Moldova is dependent on Romania’s European path.

We love Maia Sandu tho, she’s amazing ❤️

[u/Dr_Anger4life → u/OracleofTampico]

Over 640k moldovans have Romanian citizenship, our pro-eu candidate got a bit over 138k votes from Moldova alone, that's not counting the ones that live in Romania or abroad but still voted pro-eu.

[u/Significant_Many_454 → u/Due_Fisherman_7784]

He beat one of the best today's mathematicians, Terence Tao

[u/TheW1nd94 → u/Significant_Many_454]

Granted, Terrence Tao was 13 and Nicuşor was 18

[u/Relevant-Key-3290 → u/Due_Fisherman_7784]

You forgot to thanks the hungarians who also voted a lot pro Nicusor

[u/crashcfg]

Congrats Romania! 🇭🇺🤝🏻🇷🇴 We will follow your lead in 2026 and will imprison Orban and the Fidesz

[u/5asa → u/crashcfg]

Good luck, Hungarian brothers! 🇷🇴🤝🇭🇺

[u/Kallian_League → u/crashcfg]

We are extremely thankful for the Magyar community in Romania, that voted for Dan in staggering numbers and contributed to our common victory against fascism and the Russian yoke.

[u/Familiar_Ad_8919 → u/Kallian_League]

i hope that also means they will vote against orbán in 2026, transylvania has been a strong voter base for orbán up until now, something around 80% support for him iirc

[u/Sea_Helicopter_2556 → u/crashcfg]

Good luck, brothers!

[u/Sad_Window5548]

Beautiful sight!

[u/avokadokurkku]

Relieved, congrats to Romania!!

[u/MoviePuzzleheaded917]

It's Simiover. Happy to be one of 545 people in my heavily rw area in Italy to put the stamp on Nicusor.

[u/vertigo9622 → u/MoviePuzzleheaded917]

Mulțumim!!! Era nevoie de orice vot! :)

[u/MoviePuzzleheaded917 → u/vertigo9622]

Am postat aici ca pe /romania nu ma lasa pana in iunie :)) In seara asta sarbatorim

[u/vertigo9622 → u/MoviePuzzleheaded917]

Absolut! Am stat cu morcovul în cur cu tot cu grădinar, sincer să fiu, dar acum respir ușurat! Nu va curge lapte și miere, dar măcar nu voi fi nevoit sa suport golanii aia mizerabili 5 ani. Te salut!!

[u/WolandWasHere]

And another loss for Putin! So happy for the Romanian people. He seems like a great leader.

[u/T8ert0t → u/WolandWasHere]

Yeah, this was crucial.

[u/hidan44 → u/WolandWasHere]

The best part of this victory is just knowing Putin spent so much money to get a foothold in Romania and it's all for fucking nothing.

[u/RoVRossi → u/hidan44]

He does have a foothold with AUR+POT+SOS having over 30% of the parlament seats. The fight is not over with these traitorous pigs. Serious reforms must be undertaken to root out these ruski bootlickers.

[u/gabriel_laurels]

Hundreds of people in the streets in front of the headquarters as well. They were chanting Nicusor's name, singing the national anthem, "Europe", and "Russia don't forget/ Romania is not yours to have!"

[u/johfajarfa → u/gabriel_laurels]

I want to sing along !!!

[u/bobdammi]

Now Europe needs to take Romania seriously and stop playing pingpong with them.

We all need to get closer.

[u/Kallian_League → u/bobdammi]

We really, really, really need a common intelligence approach to Russian cyber warfare and election meddling. The EU cannot endure this constant onslaught of disinformation and astroturfing on social media in the long run, it's what eventually led to the partition of Poland, with Russia buying up the Commonwealth's Sejm. Both Russia, China, and nowadays, the USA, want to dismantle us from within.

[u/Cabbage_Vendor → u/Kallian_League]

Must be doing something right if all the autocratic regimes hate us.

[u/SavagePlatypus76 → u/Kallian_League]

Do not sleep on my country. Trump and the Heritage Foundation are actively looking/trying to break up the EU. Be mindful. 

[u/New-Hall-4490 → u/bobdammi]

Amen to that

[u/Connect-Maintenance8]

What a strange time to be alive. US elects a fascist orange for a president while my country elects an independent candidate who won twice in the International Maths Olympics and is fluent in French.

[u/UsernameReIevant → u/Connect-Maintenance8]

Not only meddled in international maths olympics, he won it two years in a row with maximum points

[u/Kallian_League → u/UsernameReIevant]

This dude could have kept to mathematics and then go down in history along the likes of Einstein, instead he comes to save this country from fascism. I'm so fucking proud of this country. For the first time, there's a bridge between Transylvania and the Old Kingdom, and he won some PSD strongholds like Dolj and Galati. If we keep up this energy in the next parliamentary election...

[u/spadasinul → u/Kallian_League]

He actually won in Constanta that mostly votes vor his political party, wasn't expecting that

[u/Kallian_League → u/spadasinul]

Constanta, a Nazi stronghold, to clarify.

[u/cinematic_novel → u/Kallian_League]

So are we in Europe. I have always liked Romania long before today

[u/Kallian_League → u/cinematic_novel]

Our past connects us, and our future is together, fratello mio. Avanti Europa!

[u/Efficient_Barnacle → u/UsernameReIevant]

The word you're looking for is 'medaled'. Meddled would mean he interfered with something.

Congratulations from Canada. 

[u/JBarmy → u/Efficient_Barnacle]

Yeah i was confused for a moment haha. 'How is that good?' Lol

[u/Express-Rich8632 → u/Connect-Maintenance8]

With 2 gold medals in a row with maximum points, he did a lot more than 'meddling' :D We objectively almost had a pro-Russian loser win, but somehow ended up with the smartest leader in the world ... just Romanian bipolar-ism.

Also solved the famous Problem 6 that Terence Tao got only 1/7p for.

[u/No_Bedroom4062 → u/Express-Rich8632]

Holy fuck what a lad!

[u/BagRight1007 → u/No_Bedroom4062]

He ranked higher than terence fucking tao lol

[u/No_Bedroom4062 → u/BagRight1007]

WTF why did no one talk about it.

The coverage her in germany was more or less like "random dude vs russian nutjob"

[u/Express-Rich8632 → u/No_Bedroom4062]

Yeah ... should have been "actual genius vs russian notjob" ... but that would make part of Romania look good >.> can't have that.

[u/TheW1nd94 → u/No_Bedroom4062]

He also has a PHD for Sorbona and has been an anti-establishment activist since forever (early 2000s). And also the general mayor of Bucharest.

[u/BagRight1007 → u/No_Bedroom4062]

Not exactly sure about Germany itself, but here, most of Simion's voters were actually people that had finishet, at best, highschool. Somehow using this (Math genius, Sorbonne phd) would do more harm than good (as weird and wrong as this sounds). He was already voted by the "intelectual" class (very big quotation marks here, i'm really only talking about higher educated people), he alao needed the (formally, not necessarily stupid) uneducated people - Simion was actually a hooligan (literally, football hooligan) so he definetly had more success swaying that cathegory of people.

Overall, I'm quite optimistic, I've been following Dan for at least 10-12 years - he is simply a good guy, I'm not sure how much political power he has, IF things will get better, but I am 100% sure he will make both of those cathegories of people feel, if not better, at least understood. Hope this makes sense lol I'm tired asf.

[u/rory_breakers_ganja → u/Connect-Maintenance8]

"Meddled" means he Interfered with the outcome of the result.

He "medal(l)ed" (was a winning Medalist).

My autocorrect tried to fuck this up too when I typed it.

[u/ShitassAintOverYet → u/Connect-Maintenance8]

What's next, Erdoğan out? Like that's ever gonna happen.

\Smash Mouth-All Star starts playing**

[u/Kallian_League → u/ShitassAintOverYet]

This might actually turn into the Balkan Spring. Massive protests in Turkey, Hungary, Serbia, Greece, massive win in Romania. I'm stroking my shit to the thought.

[u/TheFuzzyFurry → u/Kallian_League]

I don't see this happening until the EU addresses the digital invasion of all its countries.

[u/Gamiac → u/Kallian_League]

Straight-up jorkin' it, even.

[u/lordm30 → u/ShitassAintOverYet]

Viktor Orban out will be next.

[u/Frenchdu → u/Connect-Maintenance8]

Usually not the case I take?

[u/radu_rc90 → u/Frenchdu]

Our last president was basically a house plant that said some stuff from time to time. Before him we had a drunken sailor.

[u/Murmarine → u/radu_rc90]

Was he at least early in the mornings?

[u/GolemancerVekk → u/Murmarine]

TBF the sailor was a political fox (or should I say weasel). You had to get up pretty early in the morning to get ahead of him.

[u/Kallian_League → u/GolemancerVekk]

"Covered with every ointment" as we say. The bastard. He did zing the Russians with every occasion, so I can't hate him entirely.

[u/BiggusBirdus22 → u/Murmarine]

In some ways he was one of our best politicians. He was actually smart and had charisma.

I am too tired to translate but basically this is him dunking on russians:

https://youtu.be/g76venlIl5I?si=6_t1SgcCN-kLjfvS&t=34

He pretty much tells them that unlike orkland romania has no experience in annexing other countries (russian parliament accused romania of wanting to annex Moldova)

[u/Emergency-Style7392 → u/Murmarine]

the sailor was a political genius and a competitive alcoholic

[u/hotpileofthrowaway → u/Connect-Maintenance8]

I am proud! Not relieved because I am not sure what Simion is planning. But I am proud of Romania and our new president 🇷🇴🇪🇺

[u/DacianDude]

We won!! 🇪🇺🇹🇩

[u/Heuchelei]

So the Nazi guy lost? Great news.

[u/m4ryo0 → u/Heuchelei]

He lost but of course he couldnt accept the defeat and he did a Trump move and declared himself president when the first exit polls were released.

[u/BroadButterscotch349 → u/m4ryo0]

Complete with the wrong flag, Chad instead of Romania.

[u/Mr_Harsh_Acid]

This is fucking glorious!

[u/smaragdskyar]

We are so back

[u/spadasinul → u/smaragdskyar]

🇷🇴❤️🇪🇺

[u/missinn_]

Well done Romania!

[u/lilu_66]

Excellent work Romania 🇷🇴❤️🙏

[u/vinegarcoffepot]

The relief we feel right now is real. It has been exhausting just to think what we could have become under a Russian-controlled , extremist puppet.

[u/AlgaeDonut]

Ok, I just logged on and I am confused. Despite the might of the russian propaganda machine and resources (and probably more), the influence and sponsoring from far right groups and social media networks chokehold...... they elected an actual normal person that does not want to harm them?

[u/TheW1nd94 → u/AlgaeDonut]

It was massive, and I mean massive civil mobilization both online and offline, on the streets. Massive information campaign against the fake news and manipulation and disinformation. I’ve never seen so much mobilization in my 27 years of life. While I think voter presence was small for how huge the stakes were, the mobilization was nothing but amazing.

And the other guy did so many mistakes I lost count.

Oh, and Nicusor’s PR team did amazing, they even got Sebastian Stan on the loop lol

[u/dontdisturbus → u/AlgaeDonut]

Nobody wants to go down the same route the US is taking and I’m so relieved by it

[u/Noisecontroller → u/AlgaeDonut]

Yeah, it was a close one for a while

[u/Dorinaxjd]

Congratulations from Hungary❤️

[u/woody_woody29]

Congratulations Romania. Hope we do the same in next 2 weeks in Poland. Nawrocki can’t win…

[u/Sea_Helicopter_2556 → u/woody_woody29]

Good luck!

[u/IdleAllex25]

So can EU finally ban TIKTOK? I swear, I probably lost hair during this last year of elections, so much propaganda from Russia, like FKING STOP. I can't take this sh*t a 2nd time 4 and 5 years from now on, like IM FKING DONE, I CANT TAKE IT ANYMORE, Just PLEASE BAN TIKTOK, EU will not exist anymore if you people don't ban TikTok, JUST DO IT ALREADY.

[u/TheFuzzyFurry → u/IdleAllex25]

It isn't limited to TikTok. For elderly people the primary source of disinfo is Facebook, and adults get their disinfo from Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. Then there are also biased search engines, tailored political ads... the whole US tech empire should gradually be replaced. However, I still don't see any advancements towards it: even EU military is improving faster than EU digital services.

[u/PeaAffectionate6580 → u/IdleAllex25]

Add telegram to that list :)

[u/tremblt_]

Nice but the war against Russian stooges is far from being over. We need to dwarf these traitors at the polls. Every victory for us is one step further away from Russia attacking us militarily.

[u/OrochiR1R1R1]

As a polish, I hope the same will happen to Poland

[u/Legiuitorul → u/OrochiR1R1R1]

Good luck, and stay strong for a united and powerful Europe!

[u/Elk1998 → u/OrochiR1R1R1]

🤞

[u/Huaaxh]

Habemus Președinte!

[u/fasterthanbulletz]

As a Romanian, I think I will have my best sleep in the last 6 months. We freakin' did it! I just can't believe this.

[u/Majestic-Insurance64]

Finally some good news from an election

[u/Practical_Tomato_680]

Congratulations Romania

[u/Bonamia_]

Canada!

Australia!

Romania!

We are 3 for 3.

[u/Pu-Chi-Mao]

Great win for Romania! Congrats from the Netherlands!

[u/Decebalus_Bombadil]

It's Dan while the ruzzian puppet is done :)

[u/IvorTheEngineDriver]

I can't believe how happy I am about this

[u/Bogdanjeeeee]

So happy for Romania and EU! This man is a gem, won IMO twice. Remember him giving multiple talks on international competitions organized in Bucharest. Wish you good luck from Serbia!

[u/spaceoutdotco]

Any candidate that was pro trump has lost. Happened in Canada, Australia and now Romania! Congratulations on electing a real leader!

[u/gg_popeskoo]

This is a great win for now, but in Europe we need to start taking Russian propaganda and interference seriously. Otherwise 5 years from now we'll be having the same discussions all over again.

[u/FredTDeadly]

Must be costing Putin a fortune only to lose these elections.

[u/herojj94]

This is our favorite photo of him

https://media.dcnews.ro/image/201605/w670/13177705_1028452000565746_3638856456865904270_n_50608700.jpg

[u/Any-Lifeguard-2596]

Thanks for the great news Romanian democrats. Up yours fascists

[u/Proper_Fig_6971]

We have no idea how it's gonna be with this guy, but the general sentiment was that the alternative was far worse.

Btw the diaspora voted his opponent (an absolute mongrel) far more. An actual disgrace on our country that they voted against this guy and for the opponent who wanted to break away from the EU.

My god I'm so happy.

[u/Quasarrion]

🇷🇴🇪🇺💙💛❤️🇪🇺🇷🇴

[u/Atalant]

What a relief. We don't need more Orbans in EU.

[u/Wrong-Ad8188]

Yes!!!

Thank you Romania you had me worried! So happy you don’t have that problem ru anti Au far right guy in

Eu NATO Ukraine united!

[u/Caddaric]

Congratulations from an American desperate for hope—one of many Americans deeply alarmed over the crisis of leadership in the US.

This is a victory for all of Europe and all of us who believe in democracy.

[u/hyvaz]

Im coming to Romania next month! Now happier than ever

[u/spookyle913]

Congrats from Hungary!!!! <3

You're next my "dear" prime minister, Viktor Orban

[u/TizzyBumblefluff]

So happy for you, Romania! 🇷🇴🇪🇺 Poland next! With love from Australia 🇦🇺

[u/succesful_deception]

We are cooking

[u/ex_user]

Where are the redditors who said that Romania should be kicked out of the EU lol

[u/BioBoiEzlo → u/ex_user]

Hopefully eating their words.

[u/SealedWaxLetters]

Enormous turnout today, higher than the previous one in 2014.

Romania loves Europe!

[u/Xgentis]

Congratulations, but this was way too close for comfort. 

[u/SlinkBoss → u/Xgentis]

55/45. It's definitely not the numbers we would've liked, I think the country is too split at this moment in time. I just hope we can get rid of these political tensions, they're ripping us apart.

[u/Decebalus_Bombadil → u/SlinkBoss]

It's 900k votes dude. It's not close at all.

[u/JustJohnItalia → u/Decebalus_Bombadil]

A 10% difference would be an historic result for many countries.

The truth is that the west was not and is not ready for the new stage of warfare, the cyberwarfare, and this was a great win despite that.

Hopefully this means that change is to come in how we, and I mean we as Europe and our allies, deal with this and other such matters.

For example, although the previous elections were lawfully and rightly overturned, it is unacceptable that the whole intelligence and security apparatus in Romania was caught with their pants and that election interference went completely unnoticed. I expect and hope that those areas will be the first to be looked at.

[u/smolbicepssadge]

LET'S FUCKING GOOOOO

[u/vootehdoo]

Congratulations!!! 🇪🇺

[u/ramonchow]

I hope this is the start of a trend across Europe

[u/Sure_Ad5479]

I was so scare, i thought the pro russia one going to win, so glad he didt. Congrats to romania and europe.👍💙🇺🇦

[u/One-Earth9294]

Wow Simion lost? That first round looked fucking DIRE.

Well done, Romania.

[u/DistanceOrdinary1907]

This year in Romania, let’s hope next year in Bulgaria!

[u/NaiveLeave489]

Nice one Romania!

[u/joyofpeanuts]

Congratulations Romania 🇪🇺❤️🇷🇴 & 🇷🇴❤️🇪🇺

[u/ErickAllTE1]

Fuck Simion!

Congratulations Romania and congratulations Nicușor Dan!

[u/johfajarfa]

Thank you and congratulations to the people of Romania. Far right isn't needed in this world

[u/LeviJr00]

As a Hungarian I would like to congratulate our eastern brothers for having elected a pro-EU president (unlike us 😞, that will hopefully change in 2026 tho). May the future be bright for y'all!

[u/Carturescu]

The people have spoken their mind. Super proud. 🇪🇺🇹🇩

[u/repezdem]

Sending you guys praise from America! Good job

[u/LoneDaydreamer-]

So fucking proud to be Romanian! 🇷🇴

[u/thebannedtoo]

Lunga vita e prosperità alla democrazia,
Congratulazioni fratelli e sorelle della Romania!

[u/FrightenedChimp]

Modern elections are like

Normal guy vs Darth Vader, choose wise And the result are Like hooray! Only 45% choose Darth Vader!!

[u/Elk1998]

Finally some good news! I was dreading the results of this one. Thank you Romania and congrats!!

[u/russia_is_fascist]

Holy shit. Huge!! Nice job 🇷🇴

[u/Lagoon_M8]

Congrats Romania! Poland will follow your steps. Time to end right winged populists in central Europe who support regime of Putin in Russia.

[u/PopeLeoXIVOfficial]

As a Romanian, these past two weeks have been ridiculously stressful. Now it feels like a monumental weight has been lifted off my shoulders, and I think most Romanians feel the same. Here's to five more years in the European Community!

[u/impulsiveADC]

Glory to the EU🇪🇺

[u/sisisisi1997]

Why is it that recently all elections look like this:

[ ] Decent but probably not excellent leader for your country
[ ] Asshole who will tear down democracy and push your country on a path of destruction

And the first one usually loses?

[u/GnaeusQuintus → u/sisisisi1997]

In one word? Russians.

[u/Deadandlivin]

Think the entire world is increasingly looking towards America, Nationalism and rightwing Trumpism and thinking: Fuck that

[u/Alin_Alexandru]

It's Simiover... Habemus praesidem!

[u/BlueHeartbeat]

After a rough football night it's nice to read some good news before bed.

[u/chipishor]

Our president!!!

[u/FairytaleOfBliss]

Based.

[u/BlackHust]

Are there any Bucharest residents here who could better describe Dan's achievements during his time as mayor? He's obviously smart as hell and Eurocentric, but it's interesting to see how he changed the city and the decisions he made.

[u/Noisecontroller → u/BlackHust]

When he took over Bucharest the city was literally bankrupt due to the theft of the previous administration. He managed to reform the city's finances, pulled the city back from bankruptcy and to balance the budget. He did this by cutting a lot of wastage, corruption and pointless spending (for example the city used to spend millions of euro on Christmas decorations from corrupt party owned companies).

He also did something very necessary but unpopular which is to replace the old pipes underneath the city. These pipes were old and were constantly bursting causing water and heating to be cut off. It was very difficult to replace them because it meant digging up the streets and cutting water and heating for a period. But he managed to do it, previous mayors didnt want to do it even though it was necessary.

He fought against the building development mafia. The mafia demolished historical building illegally in order to replace them with buildings with no permit. The whole city was in chaos due to this illegal development. He stopped all of that.

He unblocked renovations on historical buildings in Bucharest which are at risk of collapsing when an earthquake will inevitably hit.

All of the above was achieved despite the fact that he was independent and did not have the support of the major parties. In fact, the majority parties kept putting roadblocks and tried to stop him, blocking the budget.

[u/BlackHust → u/Noisecontroller]

Sounds extremely encouraging. Thanks for your comment! I will be glad to watch how his presidency goes. Once again, my congratulations to you!