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One of the largest mass protests since the fall of Communism in 1989 hit Bucharest on Wednesday over deep government spending cuts, casting doubt on Romania's ability to meet its IMF loan commitments, foreign media reported.
Analysts say the government may end up bowing to public pressure and softening the planned cuts in a bid to preserve popularity for its shaky parliamentary majority, even though elections are not scheduled until late 2012.
The demonstration by some 20,000 people was the first serious test of the six-month-old centrist government's determination to force through austerity measures, required to secure international aid for the recession-hit economy.
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