A pro-government supporter shouts slogans in front of the presidential office in Bucharest, Romania, February 6, 2017. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via REUTERS
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat-led government easily survived a no-confidence motion in parliament on Wednesday, three days after mass street protests forced it into an embarrassing U-turn over a graft decree.
Critics said the decree, which also drew rebukes from Romania's Western allies, would have turned back the clock on the fight against corruption in the ex-communist nation of 20 million people. The government rescinded the decree on Sunday.
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