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

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.