Pro-Europe Rally Held In Bucharest, Ahead Of Presidential Election Runoff

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA - DECEMBER 5: People take part in the Romania Hopes rally on December 5, 2024 in Bucharest, Romania. The pro-Europe rally has been organized by presidential candidate Elena Lasconi, following the country's parliamentary elections on Sunday. Lasconi, leader of the Save Romania Union (USR) reformist party, called the demonstration to "uphold European values," ahead of the second round presidential election on December 8. During the runoff on Sunday, Lasconi will face off with the frontrunner Calin Georgescu, an ultranationalist, who has questioned Romania's membership in the European Union and NATO. (Photo by Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images)