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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) - Prime Minister Victor Ponta led the first round of Romania's presidential election on Sunday, a step toward a victory that would consolidate his leftist Social Democrat party's hold on power but which raised questions about judicial independence. Partial results showed Ponta, a former prosecutor and amateur rally driver who became the European Union's youngest prime minister two years ago, ahead of his nearest challenger, an ethnic German mayor backed by two centre-right parties. ...




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