Romanian ruling party leader goes to jail after bitter defeat in EU elections
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Tuesday, 28 May, 2019, 12:40
The leader of Romania’s ruling Social Democrats Liviu Dragnea began a three-and-a-half year prison sentence on Monday after the Supreme Court upheld a graft conviction one day after his party lost a European election to centrist groupings.Dragnea spent more than a decade as county council president of southern Teleorman county - one of Romania’s poorest areas - where he started amassing power. Later, as regional development minister, he created a fund doling out cash with little oversight to county councils and mayors, helping shore up his support. |
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