He shook Romania’s political landscape in November when he secured the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating the incumbent prime minister.

Romania on Wednesday indicted far-right politician Calin Georgescu for "false statements" over his financing for last year's presidential election, where he won the most votes but which a court annulled.

Romanian prosecutors have charged Calin Georgescu, the frontrunner in May’s presidential election, in an investigation into his electoral campaign.Georgescu faces six charges, including membership of a far-right and racist organization and providing a false statement about campaign financing,