Romania’s pro-European parties agreed Wednesday to form a majority government made up of groupings that were traditionally on opposite sides and shutting out far-right nationalists who made significant gains in the election on Dec.

Romania's pro-European parties reached a firm commitment late on Monday to form a governing majority that cordons off the hard right and potentially endorses a single candidate for a re-run of the country's annulled presidential election.

Romania’s pro-European parties pledged to move quickly to form a new government to keep the far-right out of power and to call fresh presidential elections after the previous ballot was annulled by the country’s top court.