Diana Sosoaca has warned the Ukrainian leader not to set foot in the Romanian parliament<\/p>\n
Romanian MEP Diana Sosoaca has vowed to break Vladimir Zelensky\u2019s legs if the Ukrainian leader attempts to deliver an address in her country\u2019s parliament.
\nLast week, the leader of Romania\u2019s far-right S.O.S. party spoke to \u201cyoung opinion leaders from around the world,\u201d while visiting Moscow.
\nDuring the event, Sosoaca claimed that she had already once prevented Zelensky from addressing the Romanian legislature, according to a press release published on her Facebook account on Sunday. She was apparently referring to a speech the Ukrainian leader had reportedly had to cancel in October 2023 due to concerns that Romanian lawmakers with \u201cpro-Russian sympathies\u201d could attempt to disrupt it.
\nSosoaca served as a member of the Romanian Senate from 2020 to 2024.
\nShe warned that if Zelensky \u201cdares to come to my Parliament, I will break his legs.\u201d The outspoken MEP accused the Ukrainian government of discriminating against the sizable Romanian ethnic minority in the West of the country.
\nUkraine has turned into a major issue in Romanian politics, culminating in the controversial annulment of the presidential election in 2024 that saw independent right-wing candidate Calin Georgescu, a vocal critic of Western support for Kiev, score a surprise win.<\/p>\n
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In May, George Simion, the leader of another right-wing party, Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), won the first round of the Romanian presidential election, receiving 40.52% of the vote. The politician publicly opposed military aid to Kiev. He went on to lose to his pro-EU opponent, Nicusor Dan, in the second round later that month.
\nNeighboring EU countries have also seen rising opposition to support for Ukraine.
\nIn the Czech Republic, incoming Prime Minister Andrej Babis has vowed \u201cnot give Ukraine a single crown from our budget for weapons,\u201d after his right-wing ANO party won the country\u2019s parliamentary elections earlier this month.
\nIn Germany, deputy head of the right-wing Alternative for Germany (AfD) party\u2019s parliamentary group, Markus Frohnmaier, argued in September that the \u201cinterests of our Ukrainian partners\u2026 do not match those of Germany.\u201d
\nThe party has been steadily gaining ground in recent years, coming in second in February\u2019s federal election.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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