{"id":6979,"date":"2025-09-29T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6979"},"modified":"2025-09-29T09:00:26","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T09:00:26","slug":"romanian-prime-minister-ilie-bolojan-congratulates-moldova-on-pro-european-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=6979","title":{"rendered":"Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan congratulates Moldova on pro-European vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian prime minister <strong>Ilie Bolojan<\/strong> congratulated Moldova\u2019s citizens for their \u201cexemplary mobilization\u201d in Sunday\u2019s parliamentary elections, hailing the decisive victory of president Maia Sandu\u2019s pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS).<\/p>\n<p>With nearly all votes counted, PAS secured slightly over 50% of ballots, enough to form a majority government, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc trailed with roughly 24.2%, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/pv.cec.md\/preliminare\" target=\"_blank\">official data<\/a>. The result is widely seen as a turning point for Moldova\u2019s European integration ambitions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wholeheartedly congratulate the citizens of the Republic of Moldova for their exemplary mobilization in yesterday\u2019s parliamentary elections and for voting in the European direction. I would also like to especially commend the authorities of the Republic of Moldova for the exemplary way they organized the ballot and for how they withstood complex pressures meant to derail the people\u2019s will. In the end, as happens in genuine democracies, it was the people\u2019s vote that made the difference,\u201d the Romanian PM said.<\/p>\n<p>Ilie Bolojan also noted that Romania would stand firmly beside Moldova on its European path.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPersonally, and on behalf of the Romanian government, we will be alongside the Republic of Moldova on this journey. Congratulations, Moldova!\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n<p>Sorin Grindeanu, leader of the ruling coalition\u2019s Social Democratic Party (PSD), also praised the outcome, calling it a \u201cvote for democracy and development.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova who chose to continue the European path! With over 50% of the vote, PAS can now form a government oriented toward democratic values, development, and a better standard of living,\u201d Grindeanu said.<\/p>\n\n<p>The September 28 election outcome is seen as strengthening president Maia Sandu\u2019s push to bring Moldova closer to the European Union, a path backed by Romania and many Western partners.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: Gov.ro)<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanian prime minister Ilie Bolojan congratulated Moldova\u2019s citizens for their \u201cexemplary mobilization\u201d in Sunday\u2019s parliamentary elections, hailing the decisive victory of president Maia Sandu\u2019s pro-European Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS). With nearly all votes counted, PAS secured slightly over 50% of ballots, enough to form a majority government, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6979","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6979"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6979\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6979"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6979"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6979"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}