Ipse by Tag - Calin Georgescu

Dragos Stanca

Inserted 3 months ago

“More than any of his opponents, Georgescu relied on TikTok to get his message out, said. Calin Georgescu is ideal for digital media, especially TikTok. Sell a dream, sell a vision. Social media was not created to inform us, but to convert us into buyers…. And the object on sale can also be ideas. And Mr. Georgescu sells ideas that catch on in social media.”

Rferl

Media expert in Romania

27 Nov 2024 3 1

Cristian Andrei

Inserted 3 months ago

“He's [Calin Georgescu] just a guy who managed to use the social networks to make himself visible in a void for many Romanians who lost contact with political parties, at least with the elites in Bucharest. The mainstream political parties have lost the ability to use these new platforms. Politicians from Romania's traditional parties lacked messages of hope and no clear vision for their country ahead of the vote. The debates in these campaigns were very low in quality and ideas.”

France24

Political consultant based in Bucharest

25 Nov 2024 4 3

Dan Tapalaga

Inserted 3 months ago

“I believe that Georgescu's success, after largely conducting his campaign via social media, also marks a shift in the way political communication is conducted in Romania. It was the first election where social media has been more influential than television. We have seen how TikTok can defeat mainstream media.”

Balkaninsight

Romanian Journalist

25 Nov 2024 4 2

Claudiu Tufis

Inserted 3 months ago

“The result of the vote was made possible because there is a significant demand in Romanian society for a politician like Georgescu. Why? I could give a more precise answer if there were high-quality sociological data on what Romanians want. Unfortunately, we lack such data.”

Balkaninsight

Political analyst

25 Nov 2024 4 3

Radu Magdin

Inserted 3 months ago

“The support for Georgescu was unprecedented, with earlier opinions polls placing him at around 5% of the vote. Never in our 34 years of democracy have we seen such a surge compared to surveys.”

Bbc

Political commentator

25 Nov 2024 2 3

Elena Lasconi

Inserted 3 months ago

“Romania is now in a historical confrontation between preserving Romania's young democracy … and those who want to return Romania to the Russian sphere of influence. Let us be very clear, Calin Georgescu is an open admirer of Vladimir Putin. He is open against NATO and the European Union … He is for Romania's isolation, which he calls neutrality ... And without NATO we are at the mercy of Russia.”

Apnews

President of Save Romania Union (USR)

25 Nov 2024 7 3

Philipp Lausberg

Inserted 3 months ago

“Georgescu won the anti-establishment vote. Many are tired of the existing party system, some don't feel represented by them. Because of Georgescu's softer stance on Russia, some trust him to be able to make peace with Russia, but it is illusionary to think that Romania can make an impact there. Georgescu won the diaspora vote, likely from labour migrants in Western Europe because the independent candidate gave them the idea that he would offer them a Romania that is worth returning home.”

Aljazeera

Senior policy analyst at Belgium-based research institute European Policy Centre

25 Nov 2024 5 2

Claudiu Pandaru

Inserted 3 months ago

“The reality is that the votes that Georgescu got were protest votes against [the] current political class. The majority of Georgescu voters are unaware of his pro-Russia comments, which he said did not find wide resonance within Romania's population. Romanian voters did not want current PM Ciolacu or his coalition partners from the PNL to rise to the top job. Ciolacu's popularity has been falling amid allegations of corruption against him and of plagiarism against a coalition partner. Several anonymous TikTok accounts also boost Georgescu's content on the platform - and it is unclear whether they belong to real people or are bots. The voter discontent with the current government's handling of the economy drove them to seek an alternative candidate to vote out the incumbents. Georgescu was in the right place, at the swipe of their fingers on TikTok.”

Aljazeera

Journalist and co-founder of Romanian news website Republica

25 Nov 2024 5 3

Cristian Andrei

Inserted 4 months ago

“Georgescu's unexpected poll performance appears to be a large protest or revolt against the establishment. The mainstream political parties have lost the connection with regular Romanians. You don't have strong candidates or strong leaders … there are weak candidates, weak leaders, and the parties in general are pretty much disconnected. Georgescu lacks an agenda and has a vague and populist manifesto with positions that are beyond the normal discourse.”

Apnews

Political consultant based in Bucharest

24 Nov 2024 4 2

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“The result of the vote was made possible because there is a significant demand in Romanian society for a politician like Georgescu. Why? I could give a more precise answer if there were high-quality sociological data on what Romanians want. Unfortunately, we lack such data.”

“The support for Georgescu was unprecedented, with earlier opinions polls placing him at around 5% of the vote. Never in our 34 years of democracy have we seen such a surge compared to surveys.”

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