Romanian MEP Siegfried Mureșan said that it is very important for Romania to have a pro-European president and a president who will continue to help the Republic of Moldova, with everything that Romania can offer. That is why it is important for the citizens of the Republic of Moldova to understand the stakes of the election, to go out and vote, to vote for a pro-European candidate. The statements were made in an interview with IPN.
Siegfried Mureșan noted that the purpose of his visit to Chisinau today is a little different than usual, when he comes regularly as the chairman of the European Parliament delegation for relations with the Republic of Moldova. Now he came to Chisinau with another goal. "On May 4, we have the presidential election in Romania. We intend to talk to citizens of the Republic of Moldova who also have a Romanian identity card or passport, who have Romanian citizenship and who can vote in this election," said the MEP.
According to Siegfried Mureșan, the presidential election in Romania in May will also be very important for the Republic of Moldova, as important as the parliamentary elections in autumn.
"We, in Romania, also have extremist, anti-European, populist forces that want to keep Romania stagnant and slow down Romania's European integration," said Siegfried Mureșan.
He noted that these political forces have a candidate in the presidential election. They also had a candidate in last year's presidential election and their objective, as pro-European politicians in Romania, is to stop the rise of anti-European extremists.
"Just as in the Republic of Moldova you had Stoianoglo and Dodon, so in Romania there was Georgescu in last year's election and there is this Mr. George Simion in the current election who, by the way, was also banned from entering the Republic of Moldova and Ukraine. Under no circumstances would it be good for Romania, nor for the Republic of Moldova, for Romania to elect a president who would distance us," said the MEP.
The candidate supported by the National Liberal Party, which Siegfried Mureșan represents, is Crin Antonescu. "It is a guarantee of the continuation of a close relationship between the Republic of Moldova and Romania," noted the Romanian MEP.
