- Title: Profile of centrist Elena Lasconi contesting Romania's presidential election
- Date: 6th December 2024
- Summary: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (NOVEMBER 24, 2024) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE OF CENTRE-RIGHT SAVE ROMANIA UNION (USR), ELENA LASCONI, ARRIVING AT POLLING STATION WITH COFFEE AND CAKES LASCONI LEAVING VOTING BOOTH AND STANDING BY BALLOT BOX VARIOUS OF LASCONI POSING WITH BALLOT BALLOT IN LASCONI'S HAND / LASCONI LOOKING ON LASCONI SPEAKING WITH MEDIA LASCONI SPEAKING TO WORKER IN NEWSPAPER KIOSK LASCONI CROSSING STREET AFTER VOTING USR SUPPORTERS APPLAUDING LASCONI LETTERING ON LECTERN WITH LASCONI'S NAME VARIOUS OF LASCONI SPEAKING
- Embargoed: 20th December 2024 12:00
- Keywords: Elena Lasconi Romanian election Romanian president Union to Save Romania centre-right
- Location: BUCHAREST, CAMPULUNG AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, ROMANIA
- City: BUCHAREST, CAMPULUNG AND UNKNOWN LOCATION, ROMANIA
- Country: Romania
- Topics: Europe,Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA001436403122024RP1
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: When Romanians go to the polls on Sunday (December 8) they will choose between a far right independent and a centre-right small town mayor for their next president.
Elena Lasconi, the mayor of the small central city of Campulung who also leads the centrist Union to Save Romania (USR) party, came second to the surprise winner of the first round of the election on Nov. 24, independent far right candidate Calin Georgescu.
She may appeal to voters anxious about Romania's position in the European Union and NATO under Georgescu, who has previously praised 1930s Romanian fascist politicians as national heroes and martyrs and has been critical of NATO and Romania's pro-Ukraine position.
Mayor of Campulung since 2020 and USR's leader since June 2024, Lasconi, 52, previously worked as a journalist for broadcaster PRO TV.
According to Romanian media reports she has been married to former lawyer and USR advisor, Catalin Georgescu, since 2012 and has a daughter from a previous marriage.
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