Moldovan President Maia Sandu has said she would personally support reunification with Romania if the issue were ever put to a referendum, arguing that it is becoming harder for small states to survive as democracies in a more unstable regional and global environment.
Speaking in an interview with Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart on The Rest Is Politics: Leading, Sandu said Moldova, a country of around 2.4 million people between Romania and Ukraine, faces sustained pressure from Russian hybrid interference, including disinformation and election manipulation.
She stressed, however, that reunification is not currently supported by a majority of Moldovans. By contrast, she described EU integration as the country’s “more realistic objective” and the clearest path to preserving Moldova’s democracy and sovereignty.
Most of present-day Moldova — historically known as Bessarabia — was part of Romania from 1918 to 1940 before Soviet annexation, and later gained independence in 1991. In 2024, 50.4% of voters backed EU membership in a referendum affected by Russian interference, and Sandu was re-elected with around 55% of the vote.
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