Cornelia Borta sees no alternative to far-right politician Calin Georgescu as Romania's next president, even though on Tuesday Georgescu was barred from standing in the rerun of a presidential election in May.

The Romanian constitutional court on Tuesday upheld a ban preventing the far-right candidate Călin Georgescu from participating in the country’s presidential election. The ruling, which is final, backed a decision by Romania’s electoral authority on Sunday to throw out Georgescu’s bid to run in May’s vote after he allegedly breached election rules.