Macron, Merz and Tusk, wait today in Chisinau on Independence Day to convey a message before the Crucial Opportunity of Moldova
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and French President Emmanuel Macron. Credit Line: Ludovic Marin / AFP / Profimedia
The three European leaders will travel to Chisinau on August 27 when the Republic of Moldova celebrates the Day of Independence. Their visit is “a proof that Moldova matters and is not alone,” says President Maia Sandu, according to AFP and Reuters, quoted by News.
The visit of French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Chisinau has been confirmed last week by the France's Presidential Administration, who transmitted: “Leaders will reaffirm their full support for security, sovereignty and European path”.
The ceremony of welcoming the president of France, Emmanuel Macron, the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, and the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk, will start today, at 4 pm.
The three leaders, together with the President Maia Sandu, will hold press statements at the presidency headquarters, around 5 pm. Later they will address the citizens directly, climbing on the stage in the Great National Assembly Square, where a concert dedicated to Independence will take place.
President Maia Sandu commented, in an interview with the Moldpres news agency, that “this visit is a proof that Moldova matters, is respected and is not alone.”
“I will tell European officials that Moldova shares democratic values, Moldova wants to belong to the free world, to be part of the great European family, being a solidarity country, which demonstrated,” she said.
Visit takes place before a crucial election
The Republic of Moldova celebrates on August 27, 34 years since Independence, one month before parliamentary elections on September 28, when the ruling party will try to maintain its majority and keep its pro-European trajectory intact.
Moldovan officials have repeatedly accused Russia to mix in internal politics, by which they feed the feelings procedure in trying to overturn the government.
Moscow wants to “control” this country at the border with the European Union and Ukraine “starting this autumn”, through mechanisms of voting and financing with cryptocurrencies, accused the head of the recent Moldovan village.
Also, Sandu has also avoided that the main opposition forces take advantage of this plan in order to deprive the Parliament of a majority to bring this former Soviet Republic of integration in the EU.
For his part, Emmanuel Macron denounced, in a meeting with Maia Sandu on March 10, at the Élysée Palace, “increasingly disinhibited Russian attempts” of the Republic of Moldova and of Moldovan democratic institutions.
The Party Action and Solidarity (PAS) of Maia Sandu is widely credited at the forefront of voting intentions, with 39%, according to a last survey, dating from mid -July.
