The governing party decisively victorious in parliamentary election widely viewed as a choice between Europe and Russia.Moldova’s pro-Western governing party has decisively won a parliamentary election plagued by claims of Russian interference and was widely seen as a definitive choice between staying in Europe’s orbit or lurching into Moscow’s.With nearly all polling station reports counted on Monday, electoral data showed the pro-European Union Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) had 50.2 percent of the vote, while the pro-Russian Patriotic Electoral Bloc had 24.2 percent, according to The Associated Press news agency. The Russia-friendly Alternativa Bloc came third, followed by the populist Our Party.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe pivotal ballot in the nation’s future on Sunday pitted the governing pro-European PAS against several Russia-friendly opponents.President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, welcomed the success of the pro-EU party.“Moldova, you’ve done it again. No attempt to sow fear or division could break your resolve. You made your choice clear: Europe. Democracy. Freedom. Our door is open. And we will stand with you every step of the way. The future is yours,” von der Leyen wrote on X.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also welcomed the result and said Russia had “failed to destabilise Moldova”.“Even after spending huge, huge resources to undermine it and to corrupt whoever they could,” Zelenskyy added.Leading up to the vote, Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean warned of Russian interference, saying Moscow is spending “hundreds of millions” of euros as part of an alleged “hybrid war” to try to …
