Calin Georgescu, the far-right outsider who could be Romania's new president

"Romania is an absolutely key player in terms of security and defence in Europe and for the support of Ukraine," said Oana Lungescu, a Romanian-born former NATO spokesperson and now a fellow at the Royal United Services Institute thinktank. "Anything, any policy and any political actor that changes that risks having not just a major impact on Romania itself, on the course of Romania's security and democracy, but also for the security of Europe and of the Euro Atlantic area," she told Reuters.