“This Parliament Is Dysfunctional.” Donald Tusk Called for Snap Elections in Moldova

Ex-President of the European Council, leader of the transnational European People’s Party Donald Tusk called for early parliamentary elections in Moldova. The politician wrote about this on June 17, after the ruling coalition of the Party of Socialists and the Democratic Party lost the parliamentary majority. Tusk expressed his opinion about the situation in Moldova on his Twitter a few hours after the next Democrat MP, Efrosinia Gretu, left the faction and joined the Pro Moldova group “Moldova needs a solid pro-reformist and pro-European majority, that would be representative of the people. The current Parliament is dysfunctional and the best solution is to go back to the people and let them decide,” Tusk twitted, thus actually calling for snap parliamentary elections in the country. He also noted that the Moldovan parties that are members of the European People’s Party “need to be united ahead of the presidential elections in November”. Tusk called it the “electoral test” for politicians. Note that the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS) and the Dignity and Truth Platform (DA) are members of the transnational European People’s Party. The politician emphasized that the European People’s Party will closely monitor the upcoming elections in Moldova. “Free and fair elections are an absolute priority for us,” Tusk wrote. Recall, on June 17, at noon, another member of the Democratic Party, Efrosinia Gretu, was reported to have decided to leave her faction and join the Pro Moldova parliamentary group led by Andrian Candu. As a result, 50 deputies remain in the ruling coalition of the Democratic Party and the PSRM, meaning it has lost the parliamentary majority.