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Romanian government collapses after losing no-confidence vote

Romania was plunged deeper into political uncertainty on Monday after the country’s pro-EU government fell in a parliamentary no-confidence vote. Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan, who leads the National Liberal Party (PNL), was defeated in the afternoon ballot, ending a four-party coalition that had been in office for 10 months. Mr Bolojan had been heading a minority government since 21 April, when the Social Democrats (PSD) — parliament’s biggest party — withdrew from the coalition and demanded his resignation. The centre-left…