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 Romanian ultranationalist politician was picked up by police for questioning regarding false funding sources and false information in his last campaign, sources say. View on euronews

Dozens of searches are being conducted in Romania in connection with the case of crimes of public incitement and against the constitutional order. Former presidential candidate Călin Georgescu was also detained,