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Far-right politician who praised Nazi collaborators shocks with top finish in Romanian presidential election

JL;DR SUMMARY Calin Georgescu, a former far-right politician known for his controversial praise of Romanian Nazi collaborators, has surprisingly won the first round of Romania's presidential election with 22% of the vote. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Social Media InfluenceFar RightRomaniaNazi CollaboratorsIon AntonescuCalin GeorgescuPolitical ElectionsCorneliu Zelea CodreanuElena Lasconi

Places mentioned

Bucharest, Romania
"Calin Georgescu at the Romanian tv station Digi 24 in Bucharest, Romania, Nov. 13, 2024."
Germany
"In Germany, a far-right political party won a state election for the first time since the Holocaust this fall;"
Austria
"weeks later, a far-right party founded by former Nazis won Austrias national election."
Netherlands
"Geert Wilders, an anti-immigrant right-wing politicians, came in first in the Netherlands national election last December,"
Italy
"a politician once photographed wearing a Nazi armband won Italys election."
France
"And the far right in France posted stronger-than-expected results in the countrys surprise elections this summer."
United States
"the video app accused by lawmakers in the United States and Europe of promoting antisemitism"

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