section_path: Leading issues/Geopolitics
section_name: Geopolitics
paragraph_text: Geopolitics
  
  Lasconi favours Romania closely aligning with the United States, European Union, and NATO, while opposing Russia, while Georgescu has stated that he favours Romania's geopolitical non-alignment between the two power blocs. Georgescu has also pledged to end military aid to Ukraine. Following the first round, Lasconi said that Romania was in "a historical confrontation between preserving Romania's young democracy... and those who want to return Romania to the Russian sphere of influence". She also accused Georgescu of being an isolationist and an "open admirer of Vladimir Putin ". Georgescu denied being an extremist or a fascist and said that he is "completely dedicated to the Romanian people", adding: "We remain directly linked to European values, but we must find our (own) values."