"a clear win for pro-European forces in Moldova, which will be able to ensure continuity in the next few years in the pursuit of their ultimate goal of EU integration"
"A PAS majority saves the party from having to form a coalition that would have most likely been unstable and would have slowed down the pace of reforms to join the EU,"
"Moldova will continue to be in a difficult geopolitical environment characterised by Russia's attempts to pull it back into its sphere of influence."
Electoral tallies showed the Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) winning 50.1% of the vote and roughly 55 of 101 parliamentary seats. The pro‑Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc received 24.2%, followed by the Russia‑friendly Alternativa Bloc and the populist Our Party. PAS will govern without needing a coalition with other pro‑European partners. The vote represented a geopolitical choice between pursuing European Union integration or shifting back toward Moscow's influence. Election day incidents included bomb threats at polling stations abroad, cyber attacks on electoral and government systems, voters photographing ballots, illegal ballot transport, and three detentions linked to suspected unrest plotting.
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