In election shock, Romanian far-right NATO critic set to contest presidential run-off

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A hard-right critic of NATO who has praised Russia is set to face a centre-right opposition leader in a presidential election run-off in Romania that could undermine its pro-Western stance after a shock outcome in the first-round vote. The outcome was a huge shock as pre-election opinion polls had made Social Democrat Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu the frontrunner. The candidate of the centre-right Liberals, Ciolacu’s coalition partners, also failed to secure a place in the election run-off, which will be on Dec. 8. FRANCE 24’s European Affairs Editor Armen Georgian tells us more.