Prosecutors in Romania have opened criminal proceedings against ultranationalist politician and 2024 presidential election candidate Călin Georgescu on six counts, including anticonstitutional acts and misreporting his finances,

He shook Romania’s political landscape in November when he secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister.

Calin Georgescu, the far-right winner of the first round of the annulled presidential elections in Romania, was arrested on Wednesday. "It seems that Bucharest is paving the way to block Georgescu's participation in the elections,