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Thu 11 Nov 2009Romanian parliament rejects leader-designate
BUCHAREST – Romania’s opposition rejected prime minister-designate Lucian Croitoru yesterday, feeding scepticism the government will be able to approve a tough 2010 budget by an International Monetary Fund (IMF) deadline to release vital aid.
The opposition Social Democrats said they would support the approval of the budget to keep the €20 billion aid package afloat, but analysts said the December 10th deadline would be hard to meet with a presidential election looming this month.
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