The Romanian doctor interview from France, after the presence of George Simion: “Since last night, the most common word in the discussions I had with friends is” shame “”

“The television it was a controversial one in France, because it leaves space for all kinds of complotist or extravagant theories. But even they were surprised by Mr. Simion's comparisons,” said doctor Radu Lupescu, in an interview for the Hotnews public.

Radu Lupescu arrived in France in 1991 to do his medicine studies. Today, 34 years later, he is a anesthesia doctor – intensive care at the Rhena Clinic in Strasbourg. In the pandemic he was decorated by the President of France, Emmanuel Macron. It has double citizenship: Romanian and French. “I vote in both countries,” he says.

When I called him today, and I invited him to say his opinion about the comments made by George Simion on a television station in France close to the far right, he proceeded as a professional. He asked for time to see the show that had George Simion as a guest: “I would not want to comment based on the interpretations I read on Facebook.”

“Even they were surprised by the comparisons they made”

The Romanian doctor who has been living 34 years in France considers “far from reality” the statements that George Simion has made on the French television station CNEWS: “When he compared France with Iran, namely the French regime with the Ayatollah regime. It is a forced comparison even for this television, more qualified in France.”

“First of all, the television it was a controversial in France, because it leaves space for all kinds of plotting or extravagant theories. But even them (the employees of the CNEWS-n.red.) Were surprised by the comparisons Mr. Simion did in the last night interview,” notes the doctor.

Radu Lupescu also explained that the Cnews television station “insists a lot in defending Marine Le Pen, which cannot come to the following presidential elections.”

But, he adds, “this happens following a judicial decision, a situation slightly different from the decision taken in Romania (in the case of Călin Georgescu – n.red.). Now we are, in France, 2 years before the presidential elections. It is not a comparable situation, in my opinion.”

The word “shame”

Radu Lupescu recognizes, in the dialogue with Hotnews, that he spoke “with many Romanians from last night”: “Now I will have to explain to the French colleagues that we are not all or that what was said last night is not necessarily the majority opinion in Romania. Our luck is that very few looks at this television.”

“The most common word in the discussions we had with friends from last night is” shame “,” points out the doctor.

For the Romanians like him, installed in France, the first reaction to George Simion and the comments made by him is a “stupor”, says Radu Lupescu: “Let's see that such a candidate gets so far in the elections … Let's have to explain to our French friends who is with this gentleman and how he can make such a comparisons – how to make such a country – how to make such a country. However, it shows a very great ignorance of geopolitics, in my opinion. ”

In France, this time, the doctor says. “Many of the friends here, from France, asked me what happened in November-December, what is happening now, and try to understand the mechanism that led to this tour 2.”

“Probably the most affected would be those who vote with Mr. Simion”

Radu Lupescu says that the Romanian diaspora is divided into several categories: those who come to work for several months and then return to the country and those installed in France, with double citizenship. And there is a category “somewhere between the two”: people who come to the diaspora, but who “are not completely installed in Western countries or in France.”

From his observations in recent months, after discussing with other Romanians from France on the street or in Supermarkek, Radu Lupescu concluded that “those who take a return between Romania and the diaspora to get better working conditions than in the country seem more inclined to vote George Simion.”

And they could precisely be, “the peak, the most affected by a possible choice of Mr. Simion as president: those who vote for him,” the doctor established in France believes. This is because “isolationism is never very good for those who want to have freedom of movement.”

“We hardly earned the right to vote”

Radu Lupescu recalls that “we have hardly won the right to vote”. For this reason, he voted “in all the choices I could, since I have this right. It is clear that this right must be exercised, because we have the opportunity to change things. It is inconceivable for me not to participate in a choice.”

For Sunday, he wants a large number of Romanians to vote: “We must vote as many as possible and choose the candidate that corresponds to the road we want for Romania. It is clear the European and Atlantic Road of Romania-next to NATO-it is the one to follow. I would not see another way for Romania.”

If Simion will not be elected president, “the consequences will be anecdotal”

The Romanian doctor established for 34 years in France is of the opinion that, if George Simion will not be elected, on Sunday, the President of Romania, the consequences of his statements from the television station “will be anecdotal. I do not think it will be important. I do not think it will affect us.”

Instead, starting from the fact that France is “an important partner of Romania”, Radu Lupescu considers “wonder” and “worrying” that a candidate “so far, with chances to become the President of Romania, can have such statements on a television from the same economic and cultural space with Romania, such as France.”

“He should already think that he may be chosen and that he cannot say such things. This is worrying-the fact that he can have such statements when he thinks he has a chance to win. Because, in short, it is an important partner of Romania,” adds the doctor.

In the variant in which George Simion will be elected the President of Romania, “it will be complicated, however, to explain to the French presidency how France from Cotroceni is viewed,” says Radu Lupescu.