Politics

Romanian far-right figurehead Georgescu charged with promoting fascism

Georgescu has been charged by prosecutors with promoting fascism and praising a WWII-era war criminal, Marshall Ion Antonescu. Photos: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images; public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Georgescu has been charged by prosecutors with promoting fascism and praising a WWII-era war criminal, Marshall Ion Antonescu. Photos: Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images; public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Cӑlin Georgescu shot to fame in controversial presidential elections last year.