Who is Calin Georgescu, the far-right populist being investigated by prosecutors in Romania?

[Edge Guerrero]

BY STEPHEN MCGRATH
Updated 3:28 PM BRT, February 26, 2025

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — 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, a little-known, far-right populist, clinched the most votes and advanced to the second round to face off against reformist Elena Lasconi of the progressive Save Romania Union party.

The surprising outcome left many political observers wondering how most local surveys were off, putting Georgescu behind at least five other candidates. A top court then made the unprecedented move to annul the election after allegations emerged of electoral violations and Russian interference.

On Wednesday, Romanian prosecutors launched a criminal investigation against Georgescu, accusing him of election campaign funding abuses, supporting fascist groups and other offenses. The new elections have been rescheduled for May, and it isn’t clear if Georgescu can participate in the vote.

Who is Calin Georgescu?

Born in Bucharest in 1962, Georgescu holds a doctorate in pedology, a branch of soil science, and held different positions in Romania’s environment ministry in the 1990s, according to his website. Between 1999 and 2012, he was a representative for Romania on the national committee of the United Nations Environment Program.

Once a member of Romania’s far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians, or AUR, Georgescu left the party in 2022 after a period of infighting. He was accused by colleagues of being pro-Russian and critical of NATO, the U.S.-led military alliance to which Romania belongs.

He supports the Romanian Orthodox Church and has sparked controversy in the past for describing Romanian fascist and nationalist leaders from the 1930s and 1940s as national heroes.

He has also praised Russian President Vladimir Putin in the past as “a man who loves his country” and called Ukraine “an invented state,” but he claims not to be pro-Russian. He is married with three sons.

A social media sensation?

Many observers attributed Georgescu’s success to his TikTok account, which has 4.3 million likes and 679,000 followers. He gained huge traction and popularity in the weeks leading up to the first election round.

According to a report by Expert Forum, a Bucharest-based think tank, Georgescu’s TikTok account has had an explosion which it said appeared “sudden and artificial, similar to his polling results.”

As of Nov. 18, his TikTok account garnered 92.8 million views primarily within the last two months, the report states, a figure that grew by 52 million views a week later, just days before the first-round vote.

“The most visible theme pushed by Calin Georgescu on TikTok in the last two months is peace, more precisely the need for Romania to stop supporting Ukraine in order not to involve Romania in war,” the report stated.

After his first-round victory, another TikTok account solely featuring Georgescu content, which had 1.7 million likes, appeared to have been deleted. It had posts with Georgescu attending church, doing judo, running around an oval track, and speaking on podcasts.

Support from Vance and Elon Musk

Since Romania canceled the election, Georgescu has become a cause célèbre among the far-right, with support coming from prominent figures such as Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk — who have both strongly criticized Romania for annulling the vote.

After Georgescu was taken for questioning — not arrested — on Wednesday, Musk wrote in a post on his X account, where he has 218 million followers: “They just arrested the person who won the most votes in the Romanian presidential election. This is messed up.”

Earlier this month, Vice President Vance also scolded Romania, alleging the court’s ruling was based on “flimsy suspicions” of intelligence agencies and “enormous pressure” from Romania’s neighbors.

“If your democracy can be destroyed with a few hundred thousand dollars (euros) of digital advertising from a foreign country — then it wasn’t very strong to begin with,” he said at the Munich Security Conference.

Where does Georgescu stand?

His positions include supporting Romanian farmers, reducing import dependence, and ramping up local energy and food production. He also wants to establish a “sovereign” distribution model allegedly based on participatory democracy in which “Truth, Freedom and Sovereignty are the axes of values” in Romania’s development.

On foreign policy, he has cast skepticism on both NATO and the European Union, to which Romania belongs.

In an interview with The Associated Press in December, Georgescu said Romania’s Western alliances remain secure, providing they “serve the sovereignty of the country and nothing else.”

He is also a self-professed Donald Trump supporter, saying the U.S. president “knows what he wants, he loves his people, he put America first, just like I put Romania first ... we have the same ideology.”

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[Megaterio Llamas]

Klaus Schwab Retires To Spend More Time With His Lizard Family On Planet Zarkon VII
World
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May 21, 2024 · BabylonBee.com

DAVOS — An upcoming change of the global guard began today, as longtime leader of the World Economic Forum Klaus Schwab announced he was retiring to spend more time with his lizard family on the planet Zarkon VII.

Having met many of his important goals in the area of world domination and the destruction of freedom around the world, Schwab made the decision to step down from his throne made of human skulls and return to his homeworld, where he will live out the remainder of his life watching the plans he set in motion on Earth come to fruition.

"It appears my work on this planet is finished," Schwab hissed. "I am proud of everyzing vee have accomplished here on zis world. Vee have successfully set humanity on a path toward its eventual annihilation. My only regret is that I vill not be here to watch the nations burn down as the humans are diminished to an animalistic state, eating ze bugs and killing for supremacy. Instead, I will return to my home on the planet Zarkon VII, where I will commune with others of my kind. Farewell, people of Earth."

At publishing time, the World Economic Forum was planning a grand sendoff for Schwab, featuring fireworks, spoken word exhibitions, and battles to the death for sport, after which the Davos elite would bathe in the blood of the slain innocents and watch Schwab board his starship and set off for the loving reception of his lizard family

[Masato]

Is he really 'far-right'?

Or is this just some bullshit globalist mainstream media liars using that term irresponsibly again?

I don't know anything about the guy, but I do know that media using the term 'far-right' has become a big red flag for lies & political propaganda.
The term is meaningless today, they slap it on anything/nyone that doesn't adhere blindly to the globalist narratives.

When do you ever hear the term 'far-LEFT' in these publications?? According to them, you can never go far-left enough, lol. And the farther left you go, the more even traditional leftist start to look 'far right'! LOL