Why Moldovans backed a pro-EU candidate in Romania election

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Most Moldovan voters with Romanian citizenship voted for the pro-European candidate, Nicusor Dan, in Sunday's presidential election in Romania. DW explores why.

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00:00Moldovans who hold Romanian citizenship are allowed to vote in Romanian elections.

00:04Over 158,000 did so in Sunday's presidential election,

00:08the largest turnout for a Romanian election in the history of the Republic of Moldova.

00:13A massive 88% voted for pro-European candidate Nicușor Dan,

00:17and only 12% for his hard-right opponent, Giorgio Simeon.

00:20Why was the result so clear-cut?

00:23Votăm pentru un președinte adevărat pro-European și care să ducă mai departe România pe drumul ales

00:34de cetățenii României de la Revoluție în Coace și sperăm că va fi bine.

00:42Aștept o relație frumoasă cu Republica noastră, o colaborare deosebită,

00:47o susținere cum a fost și până acum și să trăim ca frații.

00:52Political analysts from Cisinau believe that the high turnout in Moldova

00:56was a response to Giorgio Simeon's aggressive statements.

01:00Andrei Kurararu of the NGO Watchdog.md believes that a victory for Simeon

01:06could have been an obstacle to Moldova's European integration.

01:10In recent decades Romania has pumped hundreds of millions of euros

01:14into Moldova.

01:16Bucharest has also been a steadfast advocate for Moldova's European integration.

01:50capital Cisinau.

01:51It is one of the places benefitting from the financial aid from Romania.

01:55One key project, costing around 200,000 euros or 226,000 dollars,

02:01is the restoration of this church.

02:04The funds have been used to pay for new bells, windows,

02:07and a full renovation of the façade.

02:10The plan also includes the installation of a floor heating system,

02:13which will allow services to be held during the cold winter months.

02:17Just a short walk from the church is the local stadium,

02:20which is currently undergoing major reconstruction.

02:23So far, the project has cost over 440,000 euros,

02:27with an additional 50,000 euros still needed to finish the job.

02:31The funding for the work has also come from Romania.

02:36The money that is required to be paid for the regional council

02:40by the Arad Council,

02:42are required to be used for the construction of the metal skeleton

02:47for the tribune, for the reserve loans,

02:51and the installation of the place of protection

02:56on the perimeter of the stadium.

02:58We propose to reach this goal until the end of 2025.

03:03The children from the local sports club,

03:05who play soccer at the stadium,

03:07can't wait for everything to be finished.

03:11I would like to finish the tribunes

03:14and the guard so that we don't lose.

03:18Like most Moldovans,

03:20who helped Romanian president-elect Niko Shordan to victory,

03:23the residents of Jelovani hope

03:25that Romania will continue to support

03:27the development of their country.

03:29and the air vendors

03:31and of course they're not allowed to extend

03:33their inbuilt calls

03:45to the city.

03:46ах

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