Former Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta joined the race for May's presidential election re-run on Wednesday as the hard right worked to ensure they had a candidate in the contest after the ban on pro-Russian Calin Georgescu threw the vote wide open.

Chaos broke out in Romania’s capital as supporters of the far-right populist Calin Georgescu protested the electoral body’s decision to reject his candidacy in a presidential election redo

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