Romania's Georgescu taken in for questioning to Prosecutor General’s Office amid country-wide raids

By Aleksandar Brezar & Euronews Romania

Romanian ultranationalist politician and 2024 presidential election candidate Călin Georgescu was picked up by police officers from a traffic stop on Wednesday and taken to the Prosecutor General's Office.

According to Euronews Romania sources, the prosecutors' are to question Georgescu as part of an investigation reportedly looking into "zero expenses" declared by Georgescu for last year's electoral campaign.

Georgescu will be asked to provide information over two counts: "false statements regarding funding sources" and "communicating false information," sources say.

His questioning is part of a nationwide police action that also involves raids against a total of 27 individuals under investigation for a number of crimes, including illegal weapons caches, instigating racism and fascism, and "promoting a cult of personality accused of genocide and war crimes".

This is a developing story and our journalists are working on further updates.