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Romania's prime minister fights for survival as no-confidence motion is debated in Parliament

The Independent·Stephen McGrath·28 days ago
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Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan faces a no-confidence motion on Tuesday afternoon, as a former coalition partner joins forces with a hard-right opposition party in a bid to bring down his pro-European government less than a year after the coalition was sworn in. The joint effort was launched last week when the leftist Social Democratic Party, or PSD, which withdrew from the coalition in late April, and the hard-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians party, or AUR, submitted the motion to Parliament — tipping the European Union country back into a period of political uncertainty. Lawmakers are debating the motion in Parliament on Tuesday before a vote — which requires at least 233 votes to pass. The PSD and AUR said separately last week that they had enough support for the motion.…

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