Bucharest could become the first European Union capital led by a hard-right mayor in Sunday’s local election, a contest which threatens Romania’s fragile pro-European coalition government.
The influential post has been vacant since May when centrist Nicusor Dan won a presidential election re-run one year into his second term as mayor.
The re-run came after Romania cancelled an election on suspicion of Russian interference that favoured far-right frontrunner Calin Georgescu,
