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.

Romanian prosecutors opened a criminal case on Wednesday against ultranationalist politician Călin Georgescu, who won the first round of the country's annulled 2024 presidential election. Georgescu

FILE - Calin Georgescu, the winner of Romania's first round of presidential election, annulled by the Constitutional Court, uses crutches walking between supporters gathered for a protest outside the Romanian parliament in Bucharest, Romania, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025.