Bucharest mayor Nicușor Dan needs money for his presidential election bid and is reaching out to the public for donations.
The popular centrist mayor reaffirmed his intention to run for the rerun of presidential elections currently scheduled for May 4 in an interview on Digi24.
He said his campaign will cost an estimated 2-3 million euros and will ask the public to make donations on a website that will become operational in the near future.
Romania canceled its November 2024 presidential elections after reports of Russian interference in the campaign favoring radical EU skeptic Calin Georgescu who defied predictions and improbably won the first round.
It is unclear whether Georgescu, a soil scientist who admires Russia’s Vladimir Putin, will run again in the elections.
The 55 year-old mathematician’s approach to his campaign contrasts to Calin Georgescu who claimed he spent nothing on his bid.
Dan said he was ‘optimistic’ he would raise the money for his campaign and called on authorities to be transparent about the reasons they canceled the elections.
Romania’s nationalist opposition has organized protests drawing thousands over the canceled elections. Both supporters and opponents of Georgescu have called for the election interference to be investigated.
Bucharest mayor throws his weight behind ‘Russian influence’ on Romania elections
