Crin Antonescu is running as the joint candidate of Romania’s mainstream parties: the Social Democrats (PSD), the National Liberals (PNL) and the Hungarian minority party (UDMR). A former PNL leader, ...

which had led it to being rebuked internationally over anti-Semitism after its leaders expressed admiration for Romanian wartime dictator Ion Antonescu, an ally of Hitler, and opposed a mandate of ...

Three candidates have emerged as the main players ahead of the presidential rerun scheduled for May: the ruling coalition’s candidate Crin Antonescu, the president of far-right Alliance for the ...

Crin Antonescu, the candidate backed by the ruling coalition in Romania, raised RON 20 million (EUR 4 million) for the ongoing presidential campaign, according to data published by the Permanent ...

According to the Transylvania-based Maszol news portal, Crin Antonescu mentioned in response that he knows Viktor Orban, agrees with him on several issues, but does not share all of his views. The ...

While Crin Antonescu seems to trail behind his two opponents, he benefits from the support of the regional networks of the two traditional parties - PSD and PNL. Despite factions in both the ...

However, the battle for second place remains tight, with Crin Antonescu, the PSD-PNL-UDMR candidate, polling at 22%, while independent candidate Nicușor Dan, the general mayor of Bucharest ...

Former Social Democratic Party (PSD) prime minister Victor Ponta, now an independent, Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan, also an independent, and the ruling coalition candidate Crin Antonescu have also ...