Meanwhile, incumbent Maia Sandu was closer to a second term in office, after partial results in the country’s presidential election gave her a small lead over her main rival.
They called it too early. Yes is now in the lead
Did No get a time penalty?
No got a “foreign vote came in late and overwhelmingly voted yes” penalty
I don’t understand why this article makes it seem as though its already been decided before the final tally is done, it could still be a yes!
In fact, as of writing this comment, the vote is evenly split at 50 / 50, as seen here: https://pv.cec.md/cec-template-referendum-results.html
Yes is now in the lead, narrowly
As of this moment, the official result appears to be “yes”.
Fuck. Putin won.
Not quite. The presidential election isn’t decided yet and this referendum wasn’t directly on joining the EU but on a constitutional amendment that would have required future governments to work towards joining the EU.
The referendum has also flipped, yes is in the lead
Check again! The diaspora has flipped the results! Yes is in the lead, narrowly!
Awesome to hear! Thanks!
Honestly, Moldova is too divided in this regard. Not to mention the Transnistria issue. If they were to join the EU in their current state, there’s a chance we’d just end up with another Hungary/Slovakia situation. They need much more time IMO.
Everything just stayed the same plus one less headache to deal with in the EU. Not bad, really, considering all that’s been going on in the last 10 years.
In a few years’ time, Sandu will have had an unfortunate accident with a window, and Moldovan conscripts will be dying in meatwave assaults on the western front of the Ukrainian permawar.
BRICS: For some reason, we’re going to make a money laundering collective for dictatorships and be shocked when people call us up on it and we’ll blame the EU
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