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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10666

31 July 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 25
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) romania
Victor Ponta fails in bit to depose Traian Basescu

Brussels, 30/07/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Romanian president, Traian Basescu, managed again to save his head on Sunday 29 July and to avoid being deposed, after a referendum called by his opponents failed to reach the turn-out threshold required for it to be valid. It is the second time that Basescu has faced a procedure to depose him, the Centre-Right politician having already survived a similar referendum in 2007. This time it was on the initiative of the government coalition led by the...