- Title: Pro-EU centrist Elena Lasconi joins Romania's presidential race
- Date: 6th December 2024
- Summary: BUCHAREST, ROMANIA (MARCH 13, 2025) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF LEADER OF CENTRE-RIGHT SAVE ROMANIA UNION (USR), ELENA LASCONI ARRIVING AT CENTRAL ELECTORAL OFFICE ROMANIAN AND EU FLAGS ON CENTRAL ELECTORAL OFFICE VARIOUS OF LASCONI'S SUPPORTERS, WOMEN WEARING VESTS WITH LASCONI'S NAME ON IT STANDING OUTSIDE BUILDING VARIOUS OF LASCONI LEAVING OFFICE, EMBRACING SUPPORTERS, GETTIN
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- 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: Elena Lasconi who leads the centrist Union to Save Romania (USR) party, submitted her candidacy for the May ballot re-run on Thursday (March 13) throwing the contest wide open after pro-Russian far-right candidate Calin Georgescu was barred from running.
Lasconi, the mayor of the small central city of Campulung, who previously worked as a journalist for broadcaster PRO TV, came second to Georgescu in the November election.
Romania is set to repeat its two-round presidential election on May 4 and 18 after the Constitutional Court voided the initial ballot in December, following accusations of Russian meddling in Georgescu's favour, which have been denied by Moscow and Georgescu.
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