By GORDON FAIRCLOUGH BUCHAREST—Romania's president narrowly survived a referendum aimed at removing him from office, an outcome heavily influenced by the intervention of the European Union, which criticized the attempt to oust him as a threat to the rule of law in this young democracy. A large majority of those who voted in Sunday's referendum cast ballots against President Traian Basescu. But overall turnout failed to meet the threshold of more than 50% required for the vote to be legally binding, election officials said. Enlarge Image Close "Those who organized this failed coup should be held responsible before state institutions," Mr. Basescu, a 60-year-old veteran center-right...
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