Moldova’s pro-Western president to seek second term
Maia Sandu has called for a referendum on potential accession to the EU Moldova’s President Maia Sandu. © Maxym Marusenko/Getty Images Moldovan President Maia Sandu has announced that she plans to seek reelection next year. The politician, known for her pro-Western stance, also called for a national referendum on potential accession to the EU. The European Council agreed earlier this month to launch membership talks with Chisinau. In November, Sandu’s Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) secured less than a third of the vote in mayoral and national administrator elections, losing to the opposition in all major cities. In a Facebook post on Sunday, Sandu asked Moldovans to support her in the presidential election slated for November 2024. I call on parliament to initiate the holding of a referendum next autumn, vulnerable state with fragile democracystrong, modern, resilient, and European state, capable of taking care of its citizens. after three years in office, Maia Sandu has nothing to offer but a referendum to ‘save’ her from political drowning. no longer as naive as they were in 2020,associate Maia Sandu not with progress and law, but with poverty, arrogance, and anti-democratic abuse. anti-European survived and even begun to develop only thanks to the support of our external partners. Sandu’s government has been actively seeking EU membership since 2020, while adopting an increasingly critical position toward Russia. Chisinau has also backed Kiev in its ongoing conflict with Moscow.