Is Moldova’s future to unite with Romania?
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Remarks from Jobbik MEP Márton Gyöngyösi:
Moldova may potentially have solved a long political crisis by helping a pro-West political force to a landslide victory in the recent snap parliamentary elections. The election result means a historic opportunity for both Moldova and Europe, but the small Eastern European country still has a long way to go. It is Europe’s responsibility to help rather than hinder Moldova in taking the necessary steps.
Often referred to as one of the poorest countries in Europe, Moldova, ever since it became independent, has been struggling with many typical Central Eastern European problems, one of which alone is quite enough to significantly complicate the life of a country. Having gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991,
Moldova has seen quite a turbulent history.
Due to its geographical location, it has always been in the focus of both western and eastern geopolitical efforts, which have had their effect on the country’s life to this day.
The national identity of the vast Romanian-speaking majority has often been the subject of heated debates since the pro-West forces typically consider themselves as part of the Romanian nation and urge for a closer cooperation with Romania, while the pro-Moscow entities, somewhat revisiting Soviet-era narratives, believe Moldovans are a separate nation, despite their close relation with Romanians. Besides the two main camps, Moldova has many smaller groups with highly diverse ideas and political goals that don’t always refrain from extremism. For example, there are
Romanian nationalists who urge for an immediate unification with Romania, while some Moldovan nationalist groups even voice territorial claims against Romania based on the legacy of the Medieval Principality of Moldavia.
Apart from the Romanian-speaking community, there are other significant ethnic groups such as the Turkic-speaking but Orthodox Christian Gagauz with their own territorial autonomy, as well as the Russians and Ukrainians who mainly live in the breakaway state officially called Transnistria. The status of Transnistria poses some major questions in terms of Moldova’s future. The breakaway region engaged in a brief war with the newly-independent Moldova back in 1992 and has been functioning as a quasi independent state with some Russian backing ever since. Paradoxically, the region also has a significant influence on Moldovan politics, because its inhabitants reliably vote for pro-Moscow forces (just like the the country’s other minorities).
After a long history of dependence on external power centres,
no wonder Moldova’s past thirty years have seen a lot of debate on which block the now independent country should commit to: Europe or the post-Soviet region?
The fact that this clown gyongyosimarton from Jobbik is happy about the Moldova election tells me that his paymaster Soro’s had a hand in meddling in their election in Moldova. Moldova watch your back your going to be in for a hard ride if you allow the Soro’s open borders crowd in your government.
Moldova has 82% romanians (2014 census), it should re-unite with Romania just like East-Germany did with West-Germany in 1991. But Russia does not want to allow that, Russia wants to STEAL this majority romanian land just like in 1940/1944 and russify every one like they do on all the territories they steal from other countries.