Georgescu rose to prominence in 2024 after winning the first round of Romania's presidential election. Romania's Constitutional Court later annulled the election, citing allegations of electoral interference.

Speaking to the BBC ahead of the second round in December of that year, the nationalist politician said he would end all support to Ukraine if elected while also denying that Russian influence had helped his campaign.

Georgescu is already facing two other cases, one involving allegations that he acted against Romania's constitutional order and one in which he is accused of promoting fascist ideology.

https://www.euronews.com/2026/09/21/former-romanian-presidential-candidate-georgescu-detained-and-put-under-investigation-for-

Sounds like a witch hunt to me. Georgescu would have been able to obstruct the EU war policies...