Romania’s government has easily survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote, three days after mass protests forced it to ditch a controversial corruption decree. <br /><br /> 161 lawmakers supported the motion, falling well short of the 233 votes, or 50 percent needed. <br /><br /> Romania’s ruling three party coalition abstained. <br /><br /> Ahead of the no confidence vote, Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu said he hoped that the government could now ‘‘get back to work.’‘ following its embarrasing U-turn. <br /><br /> “We now have a budget that will bring prosperity and development to Romanians. We have all the necessary means to implement the governing programme that Romanians voted for with a substantial majority in December,” Grindeanu said. <br /><br /> Despite the decree being scrapped protest rallies in Bucharest have continued – though numbers have dwindled. <br /><br /> Demonstrators say the government has shown it cannot be trusted. <br /><br /> If implemented the controversial law would have decriminalised several corruption offences and shielded dozens of officials from prosecution.<br />
