Creative Romanians form EU flag at anti-graft rally in Bucharest (screengrab Digi24)<\/p><\/div>The crowd marked the 27th consecutive day (& night) of rallies since January 31 when Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu’s cabinet passed the controversial emergency decree decriminalizing the corruption offences. The decree was meanwhile retracted under the street pressure but people are still staging protest as they lost confidence in country’s government.<\/p>\n

The demonstrators have created a giant flag of the European Union using blue & yellow-colored paper illuminated from beneath by flashlights of their mobile phones. They chanted “Europe!”<\/em> and sang the national anthem while carrying pins with the emblematic hashtag label “#Rezist”<\/em>. <\/p>\n

“Tonight we are sending out a message to Europe. We are pro-European Union and the Union must be with us,”<\/em> said a participant. Another protester said he joined the rallies for the 16th night and “certainly won’t be the last one”<\/em>, he assured.<\/p>\n