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.

Călin Georgescu, the candidate who won the first round of Romania's 2024 elections was intercepted by police in Bucharest Wednesday.

Romanian prosecutors have charged Calin Georgescu, the frontrunner in May’s presidential election, in an investigation into his electoral campaign.Georgescu faces six charges, including membership of a far-right and racist organization and providing a false statement about campaign financing,