Călin Georgescu , the former presidential candidate known for his pro-Russia, far-right views and currently under investigation for complicity in an attempted coup d’état , called on the Parliament to begin the procedure to suspend president Nicușor Dan. The former presidential candidate was in Bucharest on Tuesday, June 8, for a hearing in the case in which he is being tried for legionary propaganda. The hearing was postponed until August, but upon leaving the court building, Călin Georgescu accused Nicușor Dan of “illegally” occupying Cotroceni Palace, the seat of the president.  Ever since the cancelled presidential elections of 2024 , Georgescu and his supporters, along with allies in the far-right parties in Parliament, have claimed that he is the “true president.”  Georgescu urged MPs to begin the procedure for suspending the president from office, being dissatisfied with the way the head of state appointed Eugen Tomac to form a new government .