Daily protests have taken place across Romania since the government passed an emergency decree on Tuesday decriminalizing some corruption offenses and freeing dozens of officials jailed for corruption. /CFP Photo

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets to express their anger amid the country’s biggest nationwide protest since 1989. /CFP Photo

Detractors say the decree will offset progress made against graft since Romania joined the EU in 2007. /CFP Photo

For now, Prime Minister Sorin Grindeanu has refused to withdraw the measure. /CFP Photo