For years, liberal-dominated Bucharest has been treated as the unquestioned playground of technocrats, NGOs, and globalist-approved political figures. But something has shifted dramatically in the final months of 2025.
A new political current—rooted in sovereignty, national dignity, and a rejection of the Western-imposed status quo—is sweeping through the capital, led by Călin Georgescu, the man who won the first round of Romania’s 2024 presidential election only to be abruptly barred from advancing to the second round by the nation’s anti-democratic, globalist elite on the basis of unsubstantiated claims of ‘Russian interference.’
National polls from late 2025 already hinted at a tectonic change. Georgescu wasn’t just competitive—he topped the national trust rankings, outpacing every establishment politician the increasingly rotten system has tried to elevate.
Polling Data on Romania’s Most Trusted Politicians
Romanians across the country signaled loud and clear that they trust Georgescu more than any other public figure, placing him ahead of George Simion and far above Bucharest’s incumbent mayor.
But the real political earthquake is happening inside the capital itself, a city long dominated by the NGO–bureaucratic class that pushed austerity, foreign dependency, and radical cultural globalism.
As Bucharest approaches a critical local election, Georgescu’s influence has surged, upending assumptions about who controls the city’s political future.
The latest polling data shows the so-called “unbeatable” Nicușor Dan—darling of progressive, globalist-funded media and Western-funded NGOs—losing ground fast as Georgescu captures the imagination of ordinary Bucharest residents.
Bucharest voters who once tolerated Dan’s technocratic style now appear increasingly exhausted by endless mismanagement, corruption, collapsing infrastructure, and leadership that seems more accountable to Brussels than to Bucharest.
Georgescu, by contrast, has become the rallying point for citizens demanding sovereignty, normalcy, and leadership rooted in national interest—not in external approval.
In the newest survey from the Political Rating Agency, Georgescu has surged into a dominant second place citywide, breathing down the neck of the incumbent mayor.
The numbers show Bucharest’s establishment candidates clustered tightly behind him, signaling that Georgescu—not the system’s favorites—is shaping the agenda of the capital.
From Ciucu and Băluță to Bolojan and Drula, global liberal establishment figures find themselves overshadowed by a candidate that’s been unfairly smeared and one who they once dismissed as irrelevant or fringe.
Even parties aligned with the globalist left have been forced to acknowledge privately that Georgescu’s rise represents a deep frustration with the ruling political class.
The survey, conducted online during the second half of November with over a thousand participants, reveals a Bucharest electorate is increasingly less swayed by the mainstream press’s fear-mongering around sovereignty-focused candidates.
What emerges from the numbers is a city ready to break from the monotony and decay of globalist managerial politics and consider a leader who openly—and confidently— challenges Romania’s subservience to external powers.
With trust in Georgescu rising month after month, the so-called Călin Georgescu phenomenon is now a political reality shaping the capital’s future.
If this trend continues, Romania’s capital city—the epicenter of a national political realignment—could become one not by Brussels-backed technocrats, but by a sovereignist movement determined to put Romanians first.
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