Meanwhile, Dan’s opponent in Romania's recent presidential runoff—far-right, pro-Moscow politician George Simion—has endorsed Poland's conservative candidate, Karol Nawrocki.
Agnieszka Bielawska spoke with Claudiu Năsui, an economist and lawmaker from the liberal Save Romania Union (USR), the fourth-largest party in the Romanian parliament, to discuss the current political landscape in Bucharest and what lessons Poland might draw from it ahead of its own runoff vote on Sunday.
Romanian liberal politician Claudiu Năsui. Photo courtesy of Iñaki Bratosin
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