Romania: Pro-EU Parties Agree to Form Coalition to Counter Nationalists

Romania: Pro-EU Parties Agree to Form Coalition to Counter Nationalists
Above: The Romanian national flag in front of the parliament building during parliamentary elections, in Bucharest on Dec. 1, 2024. Image copyright: Andrei Pungovschi/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Spin

Pro-establishment narrative

It's great news that the pro-European camp in Romania has agreed to form a coalition to fend off the rise of far-right, pro-Russia parties in the legislature, which will hold at least a third of the seats. Given that extremists could even elect the next president of Romania this weekend, this push for moderate unity was much needed.

Establishment-critical narrative

It's no surprise that mainstream parties have lost support and that nationalists have surged in the latest parliamentary elections. Once again, Romanians have shown they are fed up with bureaucrats in Bucharest dragging their country into the war in Ukraine, which only serves the interests of NATO, the EU, and the US military-industrial complex.

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