FILE PHOTO - Romania's Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos answers a question during an interview with Reuters in Bucharest, Romania, December 6, 2016. Inquam Photos/Octav Ganea/via REUTERS
PARIS (Reuters) - A former Romanian prime minister was on Wednesday elected the first leader of Renew Europe, the new centrist force that includes French President Emmanuel Macron's La Republique en Marche party, inside the European Parliament.
The way opened up for Dacian Ciolos after Macron's hand-picked candidate, his former Europe Minister Nathalie Loiseau, pulled out of the race following a series of gaffes and a lacklustre European election campaign.
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