Leaders from France, Germany and Poland are headed to Moldova Wednesday on the eve of the campaign for next month’s high-stakes parliamentary election. Moldova’s pro-EU President Maia Sandu described the European leaders’ visit as a “show of support” for the former Soviet republic in the face of what the government has denounced as Russian interference.
It is meant to show that the EU actually cares about Moldova. This is especially important as Russia has cut off gas supplies to Transnistria to destabalize Moldova. The EU helped out and made the situation bearable. With EU leaders coming to the country, they show that they care and that Moldova might join the EU one day.
For the EU it could remove a Russian outpost close to EU borders. So they are actually interessted in this and it is not just talk.
Shame that the eu didn’t take the same stance when it came to serbia and their fight for democracy
Oh noooo they cut off gas supplies? How dare they? I thought they were sanctionned, why are we still buying gaz to the people we’re supposed to defend ourselfes against by buying bombs.
Transnistria is a Russian-backed breakaway region of Moldova. It is not NATO- or EU-aligned, it is Russia-aligned. It buying gas from Russia is not a surprise.