European leaders visit Moldova in pre-election support
French, German and Polish leaders promised to support Moldova on the Day of Independence Day and participate in the European Union, where President Maia Sandu’s pro -European allies faced a harsh difficulty in the next month.
The Soviet Office building Emmanuel Macron, Friedrich Merz and Donald Tusk standing with the Sandu, Moldova’s flexibility for what Chisinau and Western allies praised what they said.
Moldova, a majority -speaking country of Romania, which was 2.5 million between Romania and Ukraine, has seen that power has changed between the western and Russian political groups for decades. Wednesday points to the date of the Declaration of Independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
In a short war in the early 1990s, Russia was largely deployed in a Russian -speaking region, which left Chisinau’s control.
Moldova, days after Russia launched 2022 full -scale Ukraine invasion, applied to join the European Union with Ukraine application.
Moldovans had a narrow vote to maintain the EU integration in the referendum last year. However, Sandu’s anti -EU rivals create a strong challenge before the September 28 parliamentary vote.
“Independence is not guaranteed: it depends on our elections,” he said to the same news conference, “illegal foreign financing, disinformation, cyber attacks, paid protests” warned the risks.
Merz said that Germany will do everything possible to take Moldova in a position to open the first part of EU participation negotiations in autumn.
“We will send experts to support reforms.” “German and European currency ensures the security of energy materials and increases small and medium -sized companies.”
The surveys show that Sandu is a challenging race between the Action and Solidarity Party and the pro -Russian block of the communist and socialist parties.
Moldova, which is largely dependent on Russia for energy and export markets, has re -directed Russia’s economy against Romania and the EU since the occupation of Ukraine.
“The Kremlin propaganda says that Europeans want to extend the war and the European Union crushes people.” He said. “These are a lie.”
Tusk, “Secure EU, no Secure Poland, safe France or an independent and safe Moldova without Germany,” he reiterated this idea.
