ROMANIA’S FAR-RIGHT FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE CHARGED WITH COUP PLOT
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17.09.2025


Politico (16 September 2025)

By Seb Starcevic

 

Călin Georgescu tried to organize a revolt in Bucharest, prosecutors allege.

Romanian prosecutors on Tuesday charged Călin Georgescu — who rose from obscurity to win the first round of a presidential election before being barred from running — with planning a violent coup.

The charges stem from a dramatic police operation in December 2024, when officers intercepted 21 people, some armed with knives and guns, heading to Bucharest.

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