Aur requests checks on a visit to the head of France’s external services in Romania

Gold asked the SRI and SIE control commissions on Friday to verify the reason for an alleged visit of the head of France in Romania.

« The Alliance for the Union of Romanians (Gold) today transmitted, May 23, through its representatives in the two parliamentary commissions to control the activity of SIE and SRI, requests to investigate some foreign interference in the electoral process in Romania. According to the information published in the public space, Nicolas Lerner, the director of the General Directorate for External Security paid a visit to Bucharest just two days before the second round of the presidential elections of May 18, 2025. During this visit, he would have had meetings with the management of information services in Romania, later moving to the Republic of Moldova ”, says gold in an official statement.

The party also shows that « just before the day of the vote, the founder of the Telegram platform, Pavel Durov, sent an official message to all users in Romania, warning that the French government would have asked him to silence the conservative voices in our country and later, in a post on the X platform, Durov said that the request would have come directly from Nicolas. »

« Given the severity of these accusations, Gold asks the two Commissions to Control the SRI and SIE activity to verify the following aspects: if the Romanian Intelligence Service and the Foreign Intelligence Service were informed about the visit of the DGSE director, Nicolas Lerner, before the elections were held; if his visit involved official meetings with the Romanian services; About the statements of the founder of Telegram, Pavel Durov;

Gold asks the two commissions « an official and non -secret response regarding the veracity of information and the position of SRI and SIE to those related, as soon as possible. »

« The national sovereignty and the integrity of the electoral process are not negotiable! », Explains the formation.