Romania’s new pro-European President puts country back on Western course

Nicusor Dan won after a tense contest (AP)

A pro-European Union centrist has caused an upset in Romania’s presidential election, beating out a hard-right nationalist who had channelled people’s anger at the political establishment to surge in the polls.

But the country’s new leader Nicusor Dan now must contend with deep societal divisions that the tense vote laid bare.