New pro-European coalition approved in Romania amid period of political turmoil

Marcel Ciolacu will lead the new pro-European coalition government (Vadim Ghirda/AP)

Romanian politicians have voted in favour of a new pro-European coalition government led by incumbent Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu.

The move could usher in an end to a protracted political crisis in the European Union country following the annulment of a presidential election by a top court.