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| Romania loses second PM in seven months | Romania loses second PM in seven months |
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| Romania has lost its second prime minister in seven months after Mihai Tudose's own political party withdrew its backing. | |
| The Social Democrat prime minister said he was resigning "with his head high", AFP news agency says. | |
| The party has been riven by a power struggle which also claimed his predecessor, Sorin Grindeanu, in June. | |
| It has struggled to win public confidence after ballot-rigging and other corruption scandals. | |
| Reports say Mr Tudose fell out with a powerful party colleague who, only last June, had put him forward for the post. | |
| Recent months have seen street protests against controversial reforms of the justice system, and there have also been conflicts between politicians and anti-corruption prosecutors. | |
| Last year, the EU's executive warned that the country's fight against corruption was under serious threat from political and media attack. | |
| At the same time, Romania, one of the EU's poorest member-states, is enjoying strong economic growth. | |
| Romania's 2018 budget plan envisions economic growth of 5.5% and a deficit just below the EU's ceiling of 3% of gross domestic product, Reuters news agency reports. |