Surrender of the oligarchic regime, re-launching of European integration in Moldova and Russia’s agenda
Surrender of the oligarchic regime, re-launching of European integration in Moldova and Russia’s agenda

Author(s): Denis Cenuşă
Subject(s): Civil Society, Governance, EU-Accession / EU-DEvelopment
Published by: CEPS Centre for European Policy Studies
Summary/Abstract: Even if the oligarchic regime in Moldova successfully monopolized political power during almost four years, it managed to oppose the remodeling of the political landscape by the coalition between ACUM and the Party of Socialists (PSRM) for only a week (June 7-14, 2019). The costs for keeping power by uninterruptedly abusing the Constitution and the state institutions increased exponentially, damaging drastically the internal and external approval of the Democratic Party and ascribing already irreparable negative attributes to it. The unity of the international community supporting the legitimacy of the ACUM-PSRM government had an isolating effect on the Democratic leader, oligarch Vladimir Plahotniuc. For the latter, the perpetuation and deepening of political crisis would have hampered the ensuring of safe withdrawal conditions, which he finally obtained to leave Moldova on June 14, 2019.

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