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Sunday, November 2, 2014

Romania's Ponta in driving seat in presidential polls

A car is driven in front of banners of Ponta, Romania's PM and leader of ruling leftist coalition, and Iohannis, the ethnic German mayor of the medieval Transylvanian city of Sibiu and head of Romania's centre-right opposition Liberals in Bucharest By Radu-Sorin Marinas and Luiza Ilie BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romanians seem likely to propel Prime Minister Victor Ponta into the presidency in elections that began on Sunday, consolidating his leftist Social Democrat party's hold on power, but raising questions about judicial independence. A former prosecutor and amateur rally driver who became the European Union's youngest prime minister two years ago, Ponta is expected to win the first round in a field of 14 candidates, but not by enough to avoid a run-off on Nov 16. ...




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