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,

In Romania, prosecutors have launched criminal investigations against the far-right populist Calin Georgescu. Last year, the country's top court canceled elections just as he was about to sweep up the majority vote.

The Romanian Prosecutor General's Office has detained 18 people in a case related to pro-Russian politician and former presidential candidate Calin Georgescu. This was reported by Romania Journal.