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The nationalist party, AUR, combines extremism from left to right into a toxic mix of fake news, nativism and conspiracy narratives to capture double-digit support.
Faith, Nation, Family, and Liberty – these are the main tenets of the “patriotic and conservative” AUR party, a newcomer in Romanian politics that managed to win 9 per cent of the votes in parliamentary elections in December 2020 and has since risen to 17 per cent in recent opinion polls.
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Starting from almost zero in September 2020, when they got under 1 per cent of the vote in the local elections, AUR (Alianța pentru Unirea Românilor – Alliance for the Union of Romanians) managed to get a foothold in Parliament only three months later and has since become the most vocal opposition party to the coalition of Social Democrats and Liberals.