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.

Romania’s far-right presidential candidate Calin Georgescu was taken for questioning by police as part of an investigation into his campaign.