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.

Prosecutors said Calin Georgescu, whose win in the first round of a presidential election was annulled, is the subject of “criminal proceedings” linked to incitement.

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.