The far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians Party, or AUR, is set to hold a massive rally on Saturday, November 14, in front of the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, in support of detained former presidential candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu, according to an announcement made by AUR leader George Simion on Monday, November 9.<\/p>\n
The rally will take place even if it does not receive authorization from the Bucharest City Hall, Simion said, with party members providing the bulk of those attending.<\/p>\n
Simion also issued a warning to those considering infiltrating people into the weekend protest, telling them not to play games with Romanians\u2019 right to protest.<\/p>\n
\u201cRomanians have the right to protest peacefully. They should not try to infiltrate violent people among the participants and create diversions, because it is the responsibility of the law enforcement forces, the Gendarmerie, the Police, and Bucharest City Hall to maintain public order,\u201d the AUR leader also said.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/4361170717528865<\/a><\/p>\n In the same message, Simion accused state representatives of being afraid of the upcoming protest and of having tried to put pressure on organizers to cancel it. He also announced that he would publicly invite the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party \u201cto attend as observers, without getting involved.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey should observe the street movements taking place in Bucharest and help us internationalize this issue,\u201d Simion also said.<\/p>\n AUR, which is popular among the Romanian diaspora, styled itself as an ally of AfD, even though Alice Weidel, leader of the far-right German party, recently said<\/a> that “more and more migrants from Romania are plundering our welfare system.”<\/p>\n AUR-backed rallies have become violent in the past. In March 2025, supporters of C\u0103lin Georgescu became violent with police forces<\/a> after his candidacy was invalidated by the Central Electoral Bureau. Some threw stones, firecrackers, and bottles at security forces, while others started fires and even flipped over a car of a local news station. Several gendarmes were injured.<\/p>\n In September, AUR supported a shepherd\u2019s protest<\/a> in Bucharest that became violent as well.<\/p>\n In reply to Simion’s announcement, the Romanian Gendarmerie said it supports the exercise of the right to peaceful protest but has flagged \u201cconcrete risks\u201d related to the November 14 demonstration outside Parliament, for which authorization was not granted.<\/p>\n C\u0103lin Georgescu was the surprise first-place finisher in the first round of Romania\u2019s 2024 presidential election, which was annulled by the Constitutional Court<\/a>.<\/p>\n On September 29, he was detained in a fraud case. According to DIICOT prosecutors, businessman R\u0103zvan Leu allegedly suffered losses of EUR 1.1 million following a precious metals deal and a loan that never materialized. In late October, the court extended Georgescu\u2019s detention<\/a> in the same case.<\/p>\n Georgescu is also being investigated for legionary propaganda and an attempted coup in separate files.<\/p>\n The politician\u2019s supporters, including those in the far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians party (AUR), currently quoted with around 34% support among the public, believe Georgescu\u2019s accusation is politically motivated. As such, they have congregated around the Central Detention Center in Bucharest, where he is held, protesting night and day<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The far-right Alliance for the Union of Romanians Party, or AUR, is set to hold a massive rally on Saturday, November 14, in front of the Palace of Parliament in Bucharest, in support of detained former presidential candidate C\u0103lin Georgescu, according to an announcement made by AUR leader George Simion on Monday, November 9. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12882\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Repeated violence<\/h3>\n
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