The Centenary March or Centenary March of the Great Union was a civic demonstration organized by George Simion and various non-governmental organizations from Romania and Moldova, known under the collective name "Alliance for the Centenary". It started in Alba Iulia (Romania) on 1 July 2018 and ended in Chișinău (Moldova) on 1 September 2018. Its participants, both Moldovans and Romanians, targeted 300 cities and villages, passing through several points significant for the Great Union.
Participants of the march near Solești, Romania, near the Moldovan border
George Nicolae Simion is a Romanian right-wing politician and civic activist. He is the president of the Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR), a Romanian political party that gained prominence after its unexpectedly strong showing in the 2020 Romanian legislative election.
Simion in 2019
Simion with his wife Ilinca on a flight in 2023
Simion at the center with Iulian Surugiu (left), president of the Party of the Patriots, and Marian Vișu-Iliescu (right), president of the Romanian Village Party, in 2023