Elections to the European Parliament demonstrated the rapid Romanization of Moldova
Almost 38 thousand Moldovans with Romanian passports took part in voting in the elections to the European Parliament. This was reported by the Central Electoral Bureau of Romania, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
Election organizers in Moldova increased the number of polling stations by only one compared to 2014. There were 36 of them. However, as it turned out, interest in the Romanian elections has grown significantly over the past five years. Four times as many people took part in them, and queues formed in some areas.
Voters in Moldova were among the most active participants in the elections, along with voters from Italy, Spain, Germany and the UK
At the same time, approximately less than one tenth of all holders of Romanian passports took part in the elections. There is no exact data on how many of them live in Moldova. It is assumed that 300-400 thousand people. (about 10% of the population of the Republic of Moldova). In 2009, then-Romanian President Traian Basescu announced his intention to issue passports to a million Moldovans.
The voting results in Moldova showed that among Romanian passport holders, the pro-Western ACUM bloc, which campaigned for the National Liberal Party, enjoys great authority. She received 35,7% of the votes in Moldova, which is almost 8% more than in Romania.
One of the leaders of ACUM, Andrei Nastase, hastened to congratulate his supporters.
“Thank you, good people! Together we have won again. We won in Europe, we won in Romania, but perhaps the most important victory is the victory at home,” Andrei Nastase joyfully wrote on Facebook.
But the Pro Romania party, on whose lists ex-Prime Minister of Moldova Iurie Leanca, considered close to the oligarch Vlad Plahotniuc, was nominated, received votes of only 3,9% of Moldovan voters. In Romania as a whole, 6,7% voted for her.
Moldovan political scientist Sergei Ceban believes that for Moldova, the current elections to the European Parliament mark another step towards political absorption by Romania.
“More and more Moldovan citizens with Romanian passports really feel their political rights and recognize themselves as full members of Romanian society. This means that Bucharest’s strategy is working in practice, and those who obtained a passport out of pragmatic interests of traveling and working in Europe are gradually becoming Romanians, rather than Moldovans with Romanian citizenship,” Ceban told RTA.
According to the Romanian Citizenship Law (No. 21 of 1991), citizenship is acquired from the date of taking the oath of allegiance to Romania. After this, a certificate of citizenship is issued. The oath can be taken at the ANC or at Romanian diplomatic missions or consulates abroad.
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