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Calin Popescu Taricean, leader of Romania's National Liberal Party, meets Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission. (Photo: European Commission)

Former prime minister denounces Romanian president

The leader of Romania's National Liberal Party (PNL) has written to the president of the European Commission, Jose Manuel Barroso, to complain about the "totalitarian twist" supposedly taken by Romanian president Traian Basescu.

Calin Popescu Tariceanu, a former prime minister, made an unconventional move in claiming that Mr Basescu's Democrat-Liberal party (PDL) has constituted a majority "by politically corrupting deputies elected on the lists of other parties".

Mr Tariceanu sa...

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Calin Popescu Taricean, leader of Romania's National Liberal Party, meets Jose Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission. (Photo: European Commission)

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