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FILE - Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president touches his face while speaking to media, in Izvorani, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, after making it to the Dec. 8 election runoff. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president touches his face while speaking to media, in Izvorani, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, after making it to the Dec. 8 election runoff. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president touches his face while speaking to media, in Izvorani, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, after making it to the Dec. 8 election runoff. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - Calin Georgescu, running as an independent candidate for president touches his face while speaking to media, in Izvorani, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, after making it to the Dec. 8 election runoff. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

A man distributes leaflets of the Young People's Party or POT, which has backed Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate who won the first round of presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man distributes leaflets of the Young People's Party or POT, which has backed Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate who won the first round of presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

FILE - Calin Georgescu, independent candidate in the presidential elections, speaks to media, in Izvorani, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, after making it into the December 8 election runoff. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

FILE - Calin Georgescu, independent candidate in the presidential elections, speaks to media, in Izvorani, Romania, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2024, after making it into the December 8 election runoff. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

FILE - A man with the Romanian and European Union flags on his shoulders takes part in a protest against Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - A man with the Romanian and European Union flags on his shoulders takes part in a protest against Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024.(AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

A man distributes leaflets of the Young People's Party or POT, which has backed Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate who won the first round of presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man distributes leaflets of the Young People's Party or POT, which has backed Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate who won the first round of presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

FILE - Youngsters shout slogans and flash the light of their mobile phones in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, during a protest against Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections making it to the Dec. 8, runoff. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - Youngsters shout slogans and flash the light of their mobile phones in Bucharest, Romania, Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2024, during a protest against Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections making it to the Dec. 8, runoff. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)

FILE - A woman shouts holding an altered version of a classic painting, depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections making it to the Dec. 8, runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

FILE - A woman shouts holding an altered version of a classic painting, depicting Russian President Vladimir Putin and Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections making it to the Dec. 8, runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, File)

FILE - A woman holds a banner that reads "Down C. G." during a protest against Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections making it to the Dec. 8, runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, FIle)

FILE - A woman holds a banner that reads "Down C. G." during a protest against Calin Georgescu, the independent candidate for Romanian presidency who won the first round of elections making it to the Dec. 8, runoff in Bucharest, Romania, Monday, Nov. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru, FIle)

A man distributes leaflets of the Young People's Party or POT, which has backed Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate who won the first round of presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)

A man distributes leaflets of the Young People's Party or POT, which has backed Calin Georgescu, an independent candidate who won the first round of presidential elections, in Bucharest, Romania, Friday, Nov. 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Andreea Alexandru)