Romania's top court upheld the electoral committee's earlier rejection of 'TikTok Messiah" Georgescu's candidacy, causing demonstrations in Bucharest on Tuesday evening. View on euronews

Romanian far-right populist Calin Georgescu has appealed the decision to bar him from running in the country’s presidential election rerun.

Romania's central election authority on Sunday barred far-right pro-Russian candidate Calin Georgescu from running in May's presidential election re-run, a decision likely to deepen a constitutional crisis in the European Union and NATO member.