Romania’s pro-European liberals on Monday succeeded in getting parliamentary approval to form the next government, ending months of political uncertainty and paving the way for the new prime minister to appoint an EU commissioner. The EU member’s previous left-wing government — besieged by protests over controversial judicial reforms and a perceived failure to fight corruption — collapsed in a no-confidence vote last month. President Klaus Iohannis then tasked Ludovic Orban, chief of the National Liberal Party (PNL), to form a new government, but his proposed minority line-up needed parliamentary approval.
