In his appeal to the court, Georgescu — whose original candidacy was allegedly boosted by a Russia-backed TikTok influence operation — insisted that his expulsion from the election do-over could permanently suppress his constitutional right to stand for election.

Romania's far right has four days to find a replacement presidential candidate for pro-Russian Calin Georgescu, who is unlikely to succeed on Tuesday in his attempt to overturn a ban on his standing in an election rerun in May.

A top Romanian court on Tuesday rejected an appeal by far-right politician Calin Georgescu to lift a ban on his candidacy for the rerun in May of Romania's presidential election, after the same court annulled last year's election in which Georgescu won the first round.