Romanians on their feet: We won't have him

Protests were organized in Timişoara, Iași, Sibiu, as well as in other cities, and the participants carried banners with anti-fascist, pro-European and anti-extremist messages, reports Agerpres.

In Timişoara, young people gathered in the Main Square, demanding that Romania stay on the "correct, pro-European path", with slogans such as "Wake up, Romania, now or never!" and "We want freedom, not fascism!" 

Many have called on young people to go to the parliamentary elections on Sunday, December 1, and to vote in the second round of the presidential elections, which will take place on December 8.

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Protests continued in Iași, where young people called for an "anti-fascist alarm," and students protested in Sibiu, pointing out the dangers of a political turn to the east and expressing support for European values.

Protests were also held in Brașov to Constanţa. Călin Georgescu and the opposition leader Elena Lasconi made it to the second round of the presidential elections in Romania, according to the results of the first round held on Sunday, based on 99.9 percent of the ballots counted. Georgescu won 22.95 percent of the vote, and Lasconi 19.2 percent.