A customer is seen at Piata Obor marketplace in Bucharest on November 29, 2024, two days prior to the parliamentary election. While Romania's inflation is trending downwards from a record 10 percent last year, it remains still the highest within the EU over the past four months. Consumer prices edged up to 5.1 percent in October, according to EU statistics office. Far-right politicians bank on voter anger about economic grievances in this eastern European country amid the political uncertainity after the first-round shock win of Georgescu. Romania is now bracing for legislative polls on Sunday plus a run-off vote between Georgescu, an admirer of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and a pro-European centrist contender. The second round of the presidential runoff is scheduled for December 8 unless Romania's constitutional court cancels the vote.  (Photo by Daniel MIHAILESCU / AFP) (Photo by DANIEL MIHAILESCU/AFP via Getty Images)