Călin Georgescu has sparked Romania’s deepest political crisis in decades, uniting Romanian nationalists, senior Trump administration officials and the Kremlin.

Romania's top court upheld a decision to ban far-right candidate Calin Georgescu from standing in a presidential election rerun in May, it said on Tuesday, leaving his allies with four days to find a replacement.

A top Romanian court has rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy in the presidential rerun