section_path: Aftermath/Second round/International reactions
section_name: International reactions
paragraph_text: International reactions
  
  Several leaders from across Europe congratulated Dan on his election; they included French president Emmanuel Macron, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Moldovan president Maia Sandu, Polish prime minister Donald Tusk, and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.
  
  Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov called the election results "strange, to say the least", and said Dan had won "in the absence of the favorite", referring to Georgescu. The French intelligence agency DGSE denied claims by George Simion and Telegram founder Pavel Durov that it had interfered with the election.