This is CBS Eye on the World. Here's John Batchelor.

I welcome Antonio Kalabashano of geopolitical futures, also a professor at university in Bucharest.

There is big news in Romania, member of NATO, member of EU, front

lines of the Ukrainian war bordering Moldova threatened bordering Ukraine under attack.

An election and Kaleen Georgesquev voted likely in the runoff to be president of Romania.

What does this mean?

Who is Jorgescu?

And what does it mean to the rest of Europe watching this surprising result?

Antonio, a very good evening to you.

Who is Kaleen Jorgescu?

Does he have a party?

What does he represent?

I'm watching a video

Ft.com is made available. What I'm seeing is a vigorous silver-haired middle-aged man,

practicing judo, throwing people on the ground, and then riding a white horse in what looks

to be native costume. Who is he? What does he want? Good evening to you.

Good evening. Thank you for having me. And indeed, Kalinjewjewski was the big surprise of the

presidential elections. We have a second round, and he's running against another anti-establishment movement and another

candidate. But he is clearly the most interesting one, also the most successful in this first

tour. So he is not new to politics.

He's been in politics since, I think, 2010.

He first was rumored to be a prime minister as a technocrat in a Democratic Party government in 2011. And then he basically

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