A New Leader for Romania

The Romanians elected a new president last week, Klaus Iohannis. See what the Global Post writes about him:

The center-right National Liberal Party's candidate overcame a ten-point deficit in the first round vote to come away with a ten-point margin of victory in the runoff last weekend, defeating sitting Prime Minister Victor Ponta with a 54 percent majority.

The vote for Iohannis was a clear affirmation of Romania's pro-Western stance amid worries that the region is drifting toward Russia.

Now if he can get a handle on Romania's endemic corruption....