Protests erupted in downtown Bucharest following the Central Electoral Bureau's decision to ban Russian-backed far-right politician Calin Georgescu from running in the upcoming re-run presidential elections.

Calin Georgescu, a far-right politician, was barred from participating in Romania's upcoming presidential election rerun, scheduled for May 2025. The decision, issued by Romania's Central Electoral Bureau (BEC) on Sunday,

"The Romanian state seems to have woken up," said Carmen Dumitrescu in Republica (Bucharest). Last week, the prosecutor general charged the ultranationalist Calin Georgescu on six counts, including lying about his campaign finances and having links to a fascist group.