Romanian presidential candidates spar over the war in Ukraine, in Euronews Romania’s fiery debate

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Romanian presidential candidates spar over the war in Ukraine, in Euronews Romania’s fiery debate

The two candidates chose Euronews Romania for their decisive, three-hour debate in the crucial election race — a political thriller after a dramatic vote annulment in December and with the future of NATO’s eastern flank nation in the balance.

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00:00Euronews Romania hosted the two presidential candidates,

00:05Bucharest Mayor Niko Shordan and Alliance for the Union of Romanians leader George Simeone,

00:10in a fiery three-hour debate.

00:12A wide range of topics were discussed,

00:15among them Russia's invasion of Ukraine,

00:17where the two candidates offer sharply differing attitudes.

00:21Russia's invasion of Russia's invasion of Russia's invasion of Russia.

00:27Ukraine needs us, not we need Ukraine,

00:31so Ukraine needs to respect national and religious rights

00:35of half a million people who live in Ukraine,

00:40for the Patriot system,

00:43given the Klaus Iohannis,

00:46as a result of the European Union,

00:48and the European Union,

00:50and the European Union,

00:52the European Union,

00:54and the European Union,

00:56we need to benefit from the reciprocity.

00:58For Ukraine to obtain a right peace,

01:01it needs to be a European Union,

01:04including Romania.

01:06Romania should also participate in this effort,

01:09because they have the right to say

01:11that they want to participate with me

01:13in the Ukraine.

01:14If you want peace,

01:16you have to be prepared for the war.

01:17You have to open that peace.

01:19To open that peace.

01:20Speaking on how they'd vote on further EU support for Ukraine

01:24when representing Romania at the European Council,

01:27the pair continued to court this agreement.

01:29The security of Romania

01:31and the security of the Republic of Moldova

01:33depends on the way

01:34that the war will end Ukraine.

01:37I am a very important part of the world.

01:38I am a very important part of the war.

01:39I would like to ask for the war in Ukraine,

01:40in which Russia is the aggressor,

01:42to end up with a peace just

01:44which will be to bring Ukraine,

01:46because I would like to give you a better peace

01:47because we will do the way

01:49in the region

01:51to other tensions.

01:54My country is Romania. I will vote only in accordance with the interest of the Roman nation and without prioritizing other states.

02:09I am iubesc țara și cred că elevii români, fermierii români, pensionarii români trebuie să aibă prioritate, iar poziția noastră față de războiul de agresiune al Rusiei față de Ucraina,

02:28care deja durează de trei ani și nu merge nicăieri, este neutralitatea, nu escaladarea, nu alimentarea cu arme și alinierea perfectă la politica administrației Trump.