Far-right Romanian presidential candidate Călin Georgescu has lodged an appeal at the constitutional court after his bid for a May rerun was thrown out on the grounds that he was in breach of democratic rules.

Romania on Sunday barred far-right frontrunner Călin Georgescu from running in May’s presidential election. According to Bloomberg, the Bucharest-based electoral bureau invalidated Georgescu’s candidacy after receiving more than 1,

Romania is in for a rough presidential election this May as U.S. President Donald Trump's allies condemn the banning of Călin Georgescu, a far-right contender, from the ballot.