A Winner Lacking Charisma – But Not Much Else

Against all predictions, a political outsider, the long-term mayor of Sibiu, Klaus Iohannis, won the November 2014 presidential elections in one of the EU’s poorest member countries with a convincing 55 percent of the vote. Promising 'less show, less noise', and with strong anti-corruption credentials, he is Romania’s best hope yet for the country to leave its post-Soviet legacy behind.

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ESO: Background information: Romanians go to polls in presidential runoff / Iohannis Leaps Ahead to Win Romania Presidency http://www.europeansources.info/record/romanians-go-to-polls-in-presidential-runoff-iohannis-leaps-ahead-to-win-romania-presidency-iohannis-declares-war-on-corruption/

ESO: Background information: Romanian presidential election, 2014 http://www.europeansources.info/record/romanian-presidential-election-2014/

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