[1] The latter was presented as "a magazine for the national and Christian resurrection", and figures of the Iron Guard, a former fascist party of Romania, were promoted on its pages.

[3] Later, on 1 December, during the Great Union Day of Romania, George Simion, one of its co-founders, said the AUR intended to run in the 2020 Romanian local and legislative elections of the country.

[4] At the time, Târziu was the other co-president of the AUR, a party which supports the unification of Moldova and Romania and has been defined as ultranationalist, far-right, opposed to same-sex marriage, anti-mask and anti-vaccine, among others.

[7] A few months later, in the 2020 legislative election of the country, the AUR boosted its popularity after obtaining 9% of the votes, becoming Romania's fourth-largest party despite having been created just over a year ago at the time.

[9] He is also against abortion and has described the Legionnaires (members or followers of the Iron Guard and its policies) as "the first to be aware of the communist danger" and that "they had the power of sacrifice, due to their faith in Christ".