Bucharest – Romanian President Klaus Iohannis, Senate President Nicolae Ciucă, and Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu on Monday congratulated Maia Sandu on her victory within the second spherical of the presidential elections within the Republic of Moldova, unanimously emphasizing the historic significance of this electoral consequence for the nation’s future accession to the European Union.
In social media posts, Klaus Iohannis appreciated that this election victory “irreversibly anchors the nation’s future within the European household,” whereas Nicolae Ciucă and Marcel Ciolacu instructed Moldovans that by way of their vote “they made historical past.” “Democracy and free voting have received! /…/ The Republic of Moldova continues its European path and its journey in the direction of integration into the European Union,” wrote Ciucă, whereas for Ciolacu, “the victory of Maia Sandu is a transparent proof of the Moldovan individuals’s will to defend their democracy and safe their path in the direction of EU membership.”
Professional-European Maia Sandu, the candidate of the Motion and Solidarity Social gathering (PAS), received a brand new mandate, receiving 55.35% of the assist of Moldovan voters, in comparison with 44.65% for Alexandr Stoianoglo, the pro-Russian socialist candidate, in line with preliminary outcomes offered by the Central Election Fee after the centralization of outcomes from 99.86% of polling stations.
In March 2022, the Republic of Moldova submitted an software for EU membership, and three months later the European Council granted it candidate nation standing. In December 2023, EU leaders determined to start accession negotiations with the Republic of Moldova. Within the 2023 conclusions on enlargement and the stabilization and affiliation course of, which assesses the progress made by every candidate nation and EU companions on their European path, the Council welcomed the substantial progress made by the Republic of Moldova in reaching the goals underpinning its candidate nation standing, within the context of Russia’s conflict towards Ukraine and the deployment of hybrid assaults towards the Republic of Moldova itself.
Alongside the enlargement course of, the EU and the Republic of Moldova cooperate to strengthen their political and financial relations, together with by way of the Japanese Partnership. Since 2016, an affiliation settlement has been in impact between the EU and the Republic of Moldova, and the companions are frequently working to implement it, with a purpose to additional deepen Moldova’s political affiliation with the EU and its financial integration into the EU. (5.11.2024)
