As Romanians vote Sunday in one of the European Union member’s most important elections in decades, MAGA-style hard-right nationalist George Simion says it’s his duty to restore democracy and the will of the people after the previous vote was annulled.

Romania will wait for the outcome of the May presidential election and new measures curbing the European Union’s largest budget deficit before it returns to international markets, the country’s treasury chief said.

The United States has sent a team of election observers to Romania ahead of a presidential election rerun, a senior U.S. official said on Friday, amid criticism in Washington of a decision to cancel the initial 2024 ballot.