Moldova votes yes to EU membership as president Sandu claims Moscow meddled

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The first batch of preliminary results indicated the referendum on Moldova's EU future was a "no," but a last-minute spike in votes in favour from the eastern European country's diaspora won the referendum by the slimmest of margins.

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00:00Yes, won only thanks to the overseas vote, and the outcome of the referendum shocked

00:06the campaigners for the accession to the EU, who were expecting a large victory on the

00:11eve of the vote and are now blaming Russian propaganda and disinformation.

00:16After launching strong accusations of foreign interference, Moldovan President Maya Sandu

00:22has now to think about the next steps.

00:25She received more votes than four years ago in the presidential election, and she will

00:30probably win the runoff on the 3rd of November.

00:33But that's the only reason for her to celebrate, as one thing is clear, this referendum marks

00:40a setback in Moldova's path towards EU membership.

00:46In Cienciugenovese, Euronews, Chisinau.

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