French President Emmanuel Macron pledged France’s “determined support” for Moldova and its aim to join the European Union as he joined the leaders of Germany and Poland on a visit on the eve of the campaign for next month’s parliamentary elections amid claims of Russian interference.
Macron expressed “determined support for Moldova over the next stages of its path towards membership” of the European Union during a symbolic visit Wednesday to the former Soviet republic that borders Ukraine, along with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Standing with President Maia Sandu, the three leaders praised Moldova’s resilience in the face of they state is a campaign of meddling from Russia.
“Kremlin propaganda notifys us that Europeans want to prolong the war and that the European Union oppresses people,” stated Macon, about Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“These are lies. Unlike Russia, the European Union threatens no one and respects everyone’s sovereignty,” Macron stated.
European leaders are concerned that Russia has troops stationed in a largely Russian-speaking region that broke away from Moldova’s control in a brief war in the early 1990s.
Sandu’s pro-European allies face a stiff challenge in the election on 28 September.
The countest has seen power alternate between pro-Western and pro-Russian political groups for decades.
Moldovans voted narrowly in favour of pursuing EU integration in a referfinishum last year, but Sandu’s opponents are mounting a strong challenge.
(with Reuters, AFP)
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