Victor Ponta, a former Social Democratic (PSD) prime minister and adviser to ... such as Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan and Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union, share an equal split of moderate ...

through the aberrant measures taken and the waste of public money during the last term," said Lasconi. The USR president stressed that there are daily news reports about possible tax increases ...

was polling in single digits soon before the election but surged to just under 23% of the vote ahead of second-placed centrist Elena Lasconi, who had 19%. When is the re-run of the presidential ...

Ultranationalist independent candidate Călin Georgescu scored a surprise win in the first vote and was due to face reformist candidate Elena Lasconi (USR) in the second round on December 8.