Moldova chooses pro-EU majority in face of Russian interference

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

61% : Sandu won re-election and a narrow referendum victory to enshrine the goal of EU entry in the country's constitution in October 2024.
54% : The EU has allocated a record €1.8 billion ($2.1 billion) in the next few years to support Moldova's integration efforts and has helped Chisinau significantly reduce its energy dependence on Russia following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
52% : The election made the nation of 2.4 million people the focus of a tug-of-war between Russia and the EU.
47% : The next government will have to adopt a raft of reforms to meet the goal of joining the EU by the end of the decade, a project made more difficult by Kremlin-guided efforts to intervene in the former Soviet republic's democratic institutions and keep the country in Moscow's orbit.
46% : "Europe cannot afford to lose Moldova too," Zelensky told the United Nations.

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