BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's opposition secured its first parliamentary victory on Tuesday after the UNPR junior coalition party temporarily switched sides, raising the chances that any new no-confidence motion might topple the leftist government.
UNPR lawmakers, whose leader, acting premier Gabriel Oprea, backed centrist President Klaus Iohannis's nominee, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, as spy chief, helped secure a 278-6 victory for the opposition Civic Force party senator and former prime minister.
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