Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Alliance for the Union of Romanians" in English language version.
In parallel, the media chronicled a vast constellation of AUR members with a record of avowedly pro-Russian positions in the public sphere.
However, the extreme right-wing nationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party is gaining ground. AUR has a pro-Russian stance, and one of its policies is the unification of all Romanians in one state, including those in the northern Bukovina region, which is part of Ukraine.
Simion, said Târziu, was persona non grata in Chisinau and Kyiv because of his irredentism on uniting all Romanian speakers into a "Greater Romania".
But according to a top new MEP in AUR, which now has six seats in the European Parliament and joined the ECR last week, Orbán is still welcome in the group. "We've always advocated for a big group", Claudiu Târziu told Playbook's Nick Vinocur, adding that the problem was a lack of communication with Fidesz.
