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EU: Moldova's EU Vote Closer Than Expected Amid Allegations Of Interference

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Preliminary results from the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova (CEC) showed that only a slim majority of voters (50.08%) backed the country's bid to join the European Union in a national referendum. The result is a setback for the country's pro-EU President Maia Sandu, who advanced to the run-off in a presidential election held alongside the referendum.

  • The Eastern European nation was voting on a constitutional amendment which would add a commitment to join the EU to its basic law in order to give more weight to its pro-Western aspirations and prevent future governments from changing course. The country's political scene is divided between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces.
  • The referendum appeared to be too close to call on Monday morning, with the "Yes" and "No" camps claiming almost equal shares of the vote, as 98% of the ballots were counted. In reality, the "Yes" vote may tick marginally higher as the the remaining ballots are the ones cast abroad.
  • The narrow margin of the vote came as a surprise, given that support for joining the EU was consistently high in earlier opinion polls. President Sandu flagged the alleged plot involving a widespread bribery of voters, believed to be inspired by fugitive pro-Kremlin oligarch Ilan Shor, calling it an "unprecedented assault on democracy."
  • Sandu's result in the first round of the presidential election was also lower than expected, even as she came out on top with 41% of the vote. She is now headed for a face-off with Alexandr Stoianoglo (who got 27%) of the conservative, pro-Russian Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) in the second round to be held in early November.
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Preliminary results from the Central Electoral Commission of Moldova (CEC) showed that only a slim majority of voters (50.08%) backed the country's bid to join the European Union in a national referendum. The result is a setback for the country's pro-EU President Maia Sandu, who advanced to the run-off in a presidential election held alongside the referendum.

  • The Eastern European nation was voting on a constitutional amendment which would add a commitment to join the EU to its basic law in order to give more weight to its pro-Western aspirations and prevent future governments from changing course. The country's political scene is divided between pro-Western and pro-Russian forces.
  • The referendum appeared to be too close to call on Monday morning, with the "Yes" and "No" camps claiming almost equal shares of the vote, as 98% of the ballots were counted. In reality, the "Yes" vote may tick marginally higher as the the remaining ballots are the ones cast abroad.
  • The narrow margin of the vote came as a surprise, given that support for joining the EU was consistently high in earlier opinion polls. President Sandu flagged the alleged plot involving a widespread bribery of voters, believed to be inspired by fugitive pro-Kremlin oligarch Ilan Shor, calling it an "unprecedented assault on democracy."
  • Sandu's result in the first round of the presidential election was also lower than expected, even as she came out on top with 41% of the vote. She is now headed for a face-off with Alexandr Stoianoglo (who got 27%) of the conservative, pro-Russian Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM) in the second round to be held in early November.