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Romania's pro-European govt collapses after no-confidence vote

<span style="color: #222222;">Romania's pro-European government collapsed in a parliamentary no-confidence vote yesterday after only three months in office. <br />''<br />''A total of 261 of 465 MPs voted in favour of a motion against the minority government led by Ludovic Orban, which took over in November.Leader of opposition Social Democrats, Marcel Ciolacu, said the fall of the Orban government is a very big step for Romanian democracy.<br />''<br />''The move was triggered by Orban's attempt to change the law for local elections.<br />''<br />''President Klaus Iohannis must now appoint a new Prime Minister who in turn must try to assemble a majority.</span><br />

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