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When Romanian presidential elections were annulled at the end of last year after the receivables of Russian interference, the ultimate right theorist plot is blocked from the above job.

Many Romanians are deeply acquitted; Many others were angry their voices were stolen.

But six months later, with the country on the polling frame, another difficult Euro-skeptic in the candidacy is for the president.

George Simion won the first round of new elections in the 4th. May by a big margin. Now a former football casual turns the nationalist politician against Nikusor Dana, Liberal Mayor of Bucharest.

The voice is that it could see Romania, a member and NATO and the European Union (EU), took a sharp winning from the European main stream.

Both candidates throw their voices on Sunday morning, with Simia saying that he voted for the future “only need to be decided by Romanians, Romanians and Romania.”

The day told reporters that he voted for “cooperation with our European partners and not for ()) Romania’s isolation.”

The surveys were too close to the call.

Teleorman County is one of the poorest areas of Romania and was a solid social democratic territory for many years. But earlier this month, 57% of voters have selected SIMION for the president in the first round of voting.

A few hours “ride in the southwest from Bucharest, the entry into the region was announced in blue letters on a ridiculous metal arch over the main road.

The streets are lined with wild poppies, not posters for campaigns for candidates. There is no obvious choice sign.

But social media feeds on phones people are full of political content.

The latest snippet for the virul contains a folk fantastic world of embroidered peaks, prayers and bears and has the slogan “I choose Romania.”

“It was an anti-system, anti-mainstream voice,” how Felicia Alexandru from Aperio Intelligence explains Nationwide Support to the final right candidate in the first round.

After more than three decades of the same sides that dominated politics, frustration with corruption and bad performance is built.

“People are so dissatisfied with what happened in high-level politics, this is voting against it,” says Felicia.

The protest voice is not limited to the poorest or most obsessed.

The Milky company Comalat is unrecognizable from the Business Petre Filipa presented 25 years ago.

Then he would go at 05:00 every day in his dation to drive round farms that buy milk. Then, every night, he handed over the cheese and yogurt that produced his three workers to clients.

His old packaging machine stands in the lobby as a reminder of early days. But Peter has been approved by £ 1.5 million since then (1.3 million pounds; 1.7 million dollars) in the EU funding for modernization and expansion of their business. Money doesn’t have to give it back.

“It was really, a really good thing for us,” Edutating the businessman, showing the production line of glittering metal machines in several rooms.

It employs more than 50 staff.

“I like George Simion,” Michael’s staff member announces with a smile, while squeezing a liquid from the great clusters of cheese.

It is also shrouded when I mention fear in Brussels to make EU-Romanian relations very stormy.

“He’s on the Romanian side. He’s for people. To create a job and a better life,” Michael replied.

Simion speaks a lot about “Great Romania” great, “echoing the money to politicians in the United States that is so much admired. It has the same insulating approach: Romania is first, in everything.

When he pushed himself, he called Russian President Vladimir Putin War Criminal For his Invasion of Ukraine.

But like Donald Trump, he also committed to finish Kyiv military help and left the future of Ukrainian vital exports of grains across Romania vaguely.

Simion is banned from Ukraine and Moldova to refer to the territory there to be part of Romania.

In his latest outbursts this week he called the opponent of his choice “Autistic, bad guy.”

He also accused the French president of Emmanuel macronet to have “dictatorial tendencies”.

Mr. Filip says Simion “far too impulsive” to be president, guided by “hormones, not his brain.”

But that’s how it disappointed with the whole scene was tilted not to vote at all.

Only along the road in Roşiori de Veda, they also discuss elections – and freting.

Roxana for the factory work uniform, including the army in the second EU country.

Her clients are invited to ask whether Romania will vote for the “ProRum” president.

“They want to know if their commands are safe!” It laughs.

Roxana plans to vote for a man people here is calling for his name, Nicoror, because he loves how he managed Bucharest as mayor.

He is also deeply disturbed by what she calls Simion’s “Hooligan” behavior.

“It’s such a bad picture for Romania in Europe. I’m ashamed,” Roxana says, remembering an insult of the candidate about the macron of this week.

In the second recent incident, Simion threatened to sexually attack a female representative, calling her a pig.

“Compare this to the person who won the International Mathematics Olympics,” says Roxana, referring to the day of the day won in the 1980s. He continued to do the doctorate from the Sorbonne.

Before the vote of the second round, Roxana and her friend Andrea were involved in the ordinary initiative to persuade voters to return the day.

“I tried to say why Simio’s plan is uncertain, but I don’t think I was super successful,” Andrea admitted and says “very worried.”

“I see what people speak online and they really believe in Simion and think they will take everything and take off the system.

“They think everything is bad, but it’s not.”

Her own candidate, the day, was emphasized by pro-EU and pro-NATO, and his slogan of the campaign is “honesty”.

“I don’t promise miracles,” Is his modest election pledge. “But I promise to fight.”

If this struggle fails, and Siion wins, there will be no one hard candidate at the forefront of Romanian politics.

A large part of his support comes from those who originally voted for Calin Georgescu, a border that won in the first choice in November before being canceled at national security.

Two men often appeared by the side since then – including when they voted today – and Simion committed to Georgescu Premier if he was elected.

It is unclear that this could work, given that he was accused of benefiting from “massive” and “aggressive” scaled by Moscow.

“If Simion wins, then there will be chaos in politics Monday,” Roxana predicts, including the economy.

“The question is whether he remains in the shadow of Georgescu or completely changes the perspective,” Felicia agrees.

“Is that a campaign strategy or what does he believe?”