Romania leftists likely to win parliamentary election - poll


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  • Saturday, 03 Dec 2016

A man waves a Romanian national flag during a march in downtown Bucharest, Romania, October 20, 2013. REUTERS/Bogdan Cristel/File Photo

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Romania's leftist Social Democrats (PSD) are likely to win a Dec. 11 parliamentary election, an opinion poll showed on Saturday, bolstering their chances of returning to government after a year-long break.

The 10-year-old European Union member has been governed by technocrats led by Prime Minister Dacian Ciolos since November 2015, when the PSD resigned from power after a deadly nightclub fire in Bucharest triggered mass protests.

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