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Moldova applied for EU membership in March 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And citizens reaffirmed this ambition by narrowly voting in favour of joining the EU in a referendum in October 2024. (Photo: Ecaterina Buruiană, Moldova.org)

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Small country, big decision: Moldova faces democratic stress test

Moldovan citizens are going to the polls on Sunday (28 September), in what is set to be a highly-contested election — with possible implications for the whole continent. This election is not about left or right; it is about a democratic Moldova or Russia.

"Europe cannot afford to lose Moldova," Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said this week at the UN G...

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Moldova applied for EU membership in March 2022, after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. And citizens reaffirmed this ambition by narrowly voting in favour of joining the EU in a referendum in October 2024. (Photo: Ecaterina Buruiană, Moldova.org)

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Elena is EUobserver's editor-in-chief. She is from Spain and has studied journalism and new media in Spanish and Belgian universities. Previously she worked on European affairs at VoteWatch Europe and the Spanish news agency EFE.

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