A far-right win is real possibility in eastern European state on same day as votes in Poland, Portugal and Montenegro
Romanians have started voting in a pivotal presidential run-off that could radically alter their country’s strategic alignment and economic prospects, as voters in Poland and Portugal also prepare to cast their ballots in a European electoral “super Sunday”.
The Romanian contest, the most consequential of the three, pits a brash, EU-critical, Trump-admiring populist against a centrist independent in a knife-edge vote that analysts have called most important in the country’s post-communist history.
Continue reading…