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Pro-EU Government Set to Rule Moldova After Election Triumph

Members of a local electoral commission count ballots at a polling station in Chisinau on July 11. — Members of a local electoral commission count ballots at a polling station in Chisinau on July 11.
Photographer: Sergei Gapon/AFP/Getty Images

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July 12, 2021, 4:57 AM UTC

Moldova is on the verge of getting a pro-European government that could help President Maia Sandu follow through on the promises she made as she took charge of the region’s poorest country late last year.

Parliamentary elections Sunday produced a victory for the Action and Solidarity, or PAS, party that Sandu helped create. It garnered 52.5% of votes, compared with 27.4% for ex-President Igor Dodon’s Socialists. Only one other smaller party met the minimum 5% threshold to enter the legislature.