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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Defeated Romanian ultranationalist ‘will ask court to annul election’

George Simion
George Simion claimed there was widespread electoral fraud and accused France and Moldova of meddling. Photograph: Vadim Ghirdă/AP

The defeated ultranationalist candidate in Romania’s presidential election rerun has said he will ask the country’s top court to annul the vote on the same grounds – foreign interference – that led to the original ballot being cancelled last year.

George Simion, who was defeated in Sunday’s runoff by the liberal mayor of Bucharest, Nicuşor Dan, said on Tuesday he would ask the constitutional court to void the ballot “for the same reasons they annulled the elections” last year.

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