Nicusor Dan gestures while attending a presidential debate alongside George Simion (not pictured), in Bucharest, Romania, May 8 2025. Inquam Photos/Malina Norocea via REUTERS/File Photo
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Bucharest's centrist mayor Nicusor Dan, a quiet mathematician, will face off against the hard-right contender in Sunday's presidential run-off vote, trying to keep Romania on its pro-European Union path and cool market nerves by forming a government.
A recent survey showed Dan, 55, was neck-and-neck with eurosceptic frontrunner George Simion, who rode a wave of popular anger at mainstream parties to claim a first round win on May 4, triggering the collapse of the country's pro-Western government.
