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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10676
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) romania

President Basescu is officially reinstated

Brussels, 28/08/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 27 August, the Romanian parliament endorsed the reinstatement of Traian Basescu as president, six days after the constitutional court had ruled that the referendum for his removal from office was invalid. The referendum had been called by the centre-left majority under Prime Minister Victor Ponta, AFP reports. According to the rules of procedure, one of the nine judges of the court announced to the two houses of parliament together that the...