AP Top News｜罗马尼亚在因无效选举引发严重政治危机后，重新举行总统选举

发布日期：2025-05-26 11:55    点击次数：96

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) Romanians are casting ballots Sunday in a critical presidential election redo after last years annulled vote plunged the European Union and NATO member country into its worst political crisis in decades.

Eleven candidates are vying for the presidency and a May 18 runoff is expected. Polls opened at 7 a.m. (0400 GMT) and will close at 9 p.m. (1800 GMT). Romanians abroad have been able to vote since Friday.

Romanias political landscape was shaken last year when a top court voided the previous election in which the far-right outsider Calin Georgescu topped first-round, following allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference , which Moscow has denied.

Like many countries in the EU, anti-establishment sentiment is running high in Romania, fueled by high inflation and cost of living, a large budget deficit and a sluggish economy. Observers say the malaise has bolstered support for nationalist and far-right figures like Georgescu, who is under investigation and barred from the rerun.

While data from local surveys should be taken with caution, a median of polls suggests that hard-right nationalist George Simion will enter the runoff, likely pitting him against Bucharest Mayor Nicusor Dan, or the governing coalitions candidate, Crin Antonescu.

Dan, a 55-year-old mathematician and former anti-corruption activist who founded the Save Romania Union party (USR) in 2016, is running on a pro-EU Honest Romania ticket. He says Romania needs a president who has the will and the ability to reform the system.

Veteran centrist Antonescu, 65, has campaigned on retaining Romanias pro-Western orientation, while Victor Ponta, a former prime minister between 2012 and 2015, has also pushed a MAGA-style Romania First campaign and boasts of having close ties to the Trump administration.

Another hopeful, Elena Lasconi, came second in last years first round ballot and is participating in the rerun. She has positioned herself as a staunchly pro-Western, anti-system candidate, railing against what she describes as a corrupt political class.

Distrust in the authorities remains widespread, especially for those who voted for Georgescu, a sizeable electorate that Simion has sought to tap into.

The anti-establishment sentiment is not like an anarchic movement, but is against the people who destroyed this country, Simion, who came fourth in last years race and later backed Georgescu, told The Associated Press. We are not a democratic state anymore.

Simion said that his hard-right nationalist Alliance for the Unity of Romanians party is perfectly aligned with the MAGA movement, capitalizing on a growing wave of populism in Europe after U.S. President Donald Trumps political comeback. AUR rose to prominence in a 2020 parliamentary election, proclaims to stand for family, nation, faith, and freedom, and has since doubled its support .

The election redo is a crossroads moment for Romania as it seeks to restore its democracy and retain its geopolitical alliances, which have become strained since the canceled election fiasco.

The decision to annul the election and the ban on Georgescus candidacy drew criticism from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, Elon Musk and Russia, which publicly supported his candidacy in the rerun.

The presidential role carries a five-year term and significant decision-making powers in national security and foreign policy.

罗马尼亚布加勒斯特（美联社）——罗马尼亚人周日进行了一场至关重要的总统选举重选，这是去年被取消的投票将欧盟和北约成员国推入几十年来最严重的政治危机之后进行的。

11名候选人正在争夺总统职位，预计5月18日将进行第二轮投票。投票于早上7点（格林尼治标准时间04:00）开始，晚上9点（格林尼治标准时间18:00）结束。自周五以来，在国外的罗马尼亚人已经能够进行投票。

去年，罗马尼亚的政治格局发生了动摇，因为一家高等法院宣布之前的大选无效，而这场大选中，极右翼的独立候选人卡林·乔治斯库（Calin Georgescu）在第一轮中胜出，这一决定是在对选举违规和俄罗斯干预的指控后作出的，而莫斯科方面对此予以否认。

和欧盟的许多国家一样，罗马尼亚的反对派情绪高涨，其背后的原因是高通胀、高生活成本、巨大的预算赤字和疲软的经济。观察家表示，这种困境已增强了像乔治库这样的民族主义者和极右翼人物的支持，而乔治库目前正面临调查，并被禁止参加重新选举。

尽管地方调查的数据应谨慎对待，但民意调查的中间值显示，极右翼民族主义者乔治·西米翁（George Simion）将进入第二轮投票，很可能将他与布加勒斯特市长尼古索尔·丹（Nicusor Dan）或执政联盟的候选人克林·安东内斯库（Crin Antonescu）对决。

55岁的数学家、前反腐活动家丹（Dan）于2016年创立了拯救罗马尼亚联盟（USR）政党，现正以“诚实的罗马尼亚”（Honest Romania）亲欧盟的竞选纲领参选。他表示，罗马尼亚需要一个有意愿和能力改革系统的总统。”

65岁的老牌中间派安东内斯库一直在推动罗马尼亚保持亲西方的立场，而前首相维克多·蓬塔（2012年至2015年任职）也发起了“罗马尼亚第一”的MAGA风格运动，并吹嘘与特朗普政府保持着密切的关系。

另一位怀揣希望的候选人，埃琳娜·拉斯科尼，在去年的首轮投票中位列第二，并参与了此次重新投票。她将自己定位为坚决的亲西方、反体制候选人，并痛斥她所描述的腐败政治阶层。

对当局的信任度仍然普遍较低，尤其是那些投给乔治库（Georgescu）的人，西蒙（Simion）一直在试图争取这一庞大选民的支持。

反对派情绪并不像无政府运动，而是反对那些破坏这个国家的人。去年选举第四名的西米翁（Simion）后来支持了格奥尔吉乌（Georgescu），他对美联社（The Associated Press）表示。“我们已经不再是民主国家了。”

西米恩表示，他极右翼民族主义者的“罗马尼亚人统一联盟”政党“与MAGA运动完全一致”，并利用了美国总统唐纳德·特朗普政治复出后欧洲日益增长的民粹主义浪潮。AUR在2020年议会选举中崭露头角，宣称代表“家庭、国家、信仰和自由”，自那时起其支持率已翻了一番。

重新举行选举对罗马尼亚来说是一个十字路口的时刻，因为它试图恢复民主并维持其因取消选举而受到紧张影响的地缘政治联盟。

取消选举的决定以及禁止格奥尔基乌斯(Georgescu)参选的禁令受到了美国副总统JD·万斯(JD Vance)、埃隆·马斯克(Elon Musk)以及俄罗斯的批评，后者在重选中公开支持了他的参选。

总统的任期为五年，并拥有在国家安全和外交政策方面的重大决策权。