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 ...

ECHR says it cannot undo the Romanian Constitutional Court’s decision to annul November’s presidential elections, in which right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu had taken a surprise lead, over ...

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 ...

Elena Lasconi, but multiple stories in Hungarian-language media outlets have pointed to evidence of significant support among Hungarians in Romania for Georgescu. “Georgescu has appealed to a ...

Romania’s ruling coalition agreed on Wednesday to rerun a two-round presidential election on 4 May and 18 May and stuck to an original plan to endorse a single candidate. Elena Lasconi, leader ...

The leaders of the ruling coalition made up of the Social Democrats (PSD), Liberals (PNL), the Democratic ... due to face reformist candidate Elena Lasconi (USR) in the second round on December ...

Georgescu would have won the runoff if it wasn’t canceled, according to the poll. In last year’s race, Georgescu had been due to face reformist candidate Elena Lasconi from the center-right Save ...

Elena Lasconi, the pro-EU liberal politician who made it into the cancelled run-off with Georgescu, polled fourth in the survey, Dan said. Lasconi has indicated she is willing to drop out if Dan ...

Maia Sandu is the person who did not keep quiet and did not stand aside in a difficult moment for Romania, said Save Romania Union (USR) leader Elena Lasconi on Tuesday, in a message conveyed on the ...

Nevertheless, the statement did not include Elena Lasconi‘s USR, which was initially expected to join the coalition. The currently ruling Social Democratic Party (PSD), the National Liberal Party (PNL ...