NEWSLETTER President elect o f Romania, Nicușor Dan, add r eses suppor t e r s from the balcony of his campaign headquarters on the night of M a y 18, 2025. May 2025 All eyes in Moldova on Romania’s presidential election outcome Topics of the edition: 1. Ion Chicu, chairperson PDCM: Romanian investment would be the strongest and most sustainable bridge across the Prut 2. Madalin Necsutu, journalist with the TVR Moldova: Romanian shield 3. Sergiu Tofilat, vice-chairperson of the Party of Change: We need electricity interconnection lines with Romania 4. Angela Gramada and Mihai Isac, political analysts: Moldovan citizens with the right to vote have said very clearly: we need Bucharest and Bucharest needs us R omania has lived and passed a dangerous test that it had not experienced for some 25 years, since the 2000 presidential elections. It has been a turning point in the history of the neighbouring country. Given the fact that the Republic of Moldova is umbilically linked to Bucharest in terms of its economic development and European integration course, the election of a pro-European president in Romania was an important stake on the left bank of the Prut. Some 158,000 Moldovans with dual citizenship broke the old record turnout at a Romanian poll and scored big in the Romanian presidential race won by pro-European candidate Nicusor Dan. What’s more, Romania showed that no matter how great Russia’s involvement in European elections, Moscow’s plans can be thwarted. As the Republic of Moldova prepares for parliamentary elections on September 28, it is essential that the signal from Romania is a positive one, so that the pro-European forces will be able to capitalize on part of the pro-European side’s score in Bucharest. The boomerang effect will also have an impact on the vote in the Republic of Moldova in what is once again shaping up to be more of a geopolitical confrontation and vote. Foreign Policy Association together with Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung offer you a newsletter on foreign policy and European integration issues of the Republic of Moldova. The newsletter is part of the“Foreign Policy Dialogue” joint Project. Monthly newsletter, No.5(231), May 2025 1