Romanian President nominates incumbent premier to lead new government

Mr Ciolacu will lead a pro-European coalition (AP)

Romania’s President has nominated incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to lead a new pro-European coalition government in the hopes of ending a protracted political crisis in the European Union country following the annulment of a presidential election by a top court.

After deliberations with Romania’s political parties, President Klaus Iohannis nominated Mr Ciolacu of the leftist Social Democratic Party (PSD) to try to form a government.