BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's Social Democrat government easily defeated a no-confidence vote by the Liberal opposition on Monday, as was widely expected, just hours after winning the most votes in an European parliament election at the weekend.
The motion needed 286 votes to topple the government of Prime Minister Victor Ponta, but it got support only from a total of 176 deputies in both houses of parliament.
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