PresidentialElection2025/ George Simion: We are the winners of this election
George Simion, the candidate of the Alliance for the Unity of Romanians (AUR) in Romania's presidential election, declared on Sunday evening that he 'claims victory in the name of the Romanian people who have decided that they want real change.'
'We clearly are the winners of this election. We claim victory in the name of the Romanian people. The Romanian people have decided today that they want real change, for the better,' Simion declared after the release of the first exit polls. AGERPRES (RO - writing by: Catalina Matei; EN - writing by: Simona Klodnischi)
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