Romanian pro-European parties agree to form coalition government

Parties also considering supporting single candidate in re-run of annulled presidential election

Romania's pro-EU parties have committed to forming a coalition government and, in a concerted attempt to head off a resurgent far right, could field a single candidate for the country's annulled presidential election when it is rerun next year.

The Social Democratic party (PSD), their current coalition partners the centre-right National Liberal party (PNL), the opposition centrist Save Romania Union (USR) and the ethnic Hungarian party UDMR said they aimed to move fast.