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Romania’s PM Ilie Bolojan toppled in no-confidence vote: the full story of how the coalition broke and what happens next
281 MPs voted to dismiss Bolojan’s government—well above the 233 required—after Romania’s largest party, the PSD, left the coalition over austerity and joined forces with the opposition on the motion. Markets had already punished the leu; President Nicușor Dan must now try to nominate a successor while Bolojan stays on as caretaker.
By Newsorga desk