How Romania Defused Far-Right Threat in Presidential Election

Romania passed a major test for its young democracy as a centrist independent won the race for president, withstanding a surge of the far right.

Nicusor Dan, the mayor of capital city Bucharest, defeated George Simion, leader of the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, in the runoff on May 18. Simion had emerged from the first-round vote as the frontrunner.