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Romanian Prime Minister ousted amid far-right rise

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Romania’s government has fallen. Parliament voted overwhelmingly to remove Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan.

The vote exposed a stunning political split. The Social Democrats, once central to Bolojan’s coalition, joined forces with the far-right nationalist AUR party to bring down the government.

Their shared target was the government’s austerity programme, which critics say has deepened economic…