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.

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,