Macron's anti-populist swagger finds a big fan in Romania
Bucharest
EMMANUEL Macron's pro-European verve is already proving a thorn in the side of some of the continent's eastern nations. But the French president's rise is being welcomed elsewhere in that region.
Even before his election landslide, Mr Macron took aim at Poland's lurch toward nationalist populism, encouraging proposals that could also counter Hungarian leader Viktor Orban's self-styled "illiberal democracy". Nearby Romania isn't perturbed. Far from it - its prime minister sees Mr Macron as the catalyst for a much-needed European Union (EU) overhaul.
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