Independent candidate in the presidential elections, Nicușor Dan, announces that he has received millions of lei in donations for his electoral campaign, with several businessmen donating hundreds of thousands of lei.
He specifies that he has not promised anything to anyone in exchange for these donations.
"The pre-campaign cost 6 million lei, which means 1.2 million euros. I don't know how much the 2025 opponents spent in the pre-campaign, but how much the 2024 candidates spent in November is at least four to five times more.
There were sums of millions of euros, just to have an order of magnitude," stated Nicușor Dan, responding to questions on Wednesday evening in an electoral debate on Antena3.
According to him, the revenues from his electoral campaign were 3 million lei, coming from nearly 10,000 people.
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Nicușor Dan mentioned that two businessmen donated the maximum amount that can be donated for the electoral campaign, 810,000 lei, two other business people donated 500,000 lei, and another businessman donated 250,000 lei.
Nicușor Dan said that he also received campaign donations during the elections for the Mayor of Bucharest, emphasizing that he did not promise anything to anyone in exchange for these donations.
USR officially endorses Nicușor Dan
The USR Political Bureau decided on Wednesday to stop funding Elena Lasconi's electoral campaign and to support Nicușor Dan. However, legally, USR cannot provide campaign funds for him.
The decision was made with only two votes against in the leadership meeting. 16 out of the 24 members voted to support Nicușor Dan, while a quarter abstained from voting.
The Political Committee will decide officially on supporting Nicușor Dan in the elections in May.
The Political Committee is scheduled for April 24 (as it cannot be convened earlier than 15 days), but an informal committee will be convened on Thursday.