Bucharest ¨C Romania¡¯s pro-European Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan was ousted Tuesday in a no confidence motion brought by the Social Democrats, his estranged allies, and the far right, deepening political turmoil in the European Union and NATO member bordering Ukraine.
The left-wing Social Democrats, the biggest party, were accused of legitimizing extremist politics after they teamed up with the main far-right party Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR)?to bring down the coalition government.
The motion received 281 votes in the 464-seat parliament. Bolojan¡¯s liberals and his allies were present, but did not vote.
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