US EditionMoldova appoints pro-EU Munteanu as prime minister
- On Friday, Moldova's parliament appointed Alexandru Munteanu as prime minister, winning support from 55 of 101 lawmakers in the vote.
- After September's parliamentary election, President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity defeated a Russia-leaning rival, a result seen last month as a rebuke to Moscow.
- Munteanu, an economist, holds Moldovan, Romanian and U.S. citizenship, has worked abroad including at the World Bank, and said joining the 27-member European Union without reintegrating Transdniestria is "theoretically possible."
- On Transdniestria, Munteanu said Chisinau would seek to settle the long-standing dispute where pro-Russian separatists broke away, amid little progress and increased urgency from Moldova's EU bid.
- Longer term, Moldova must undertake tough reforms like cleaning up Moldova's judiciary and overhauling its outdated energy grid while facing economic headwinds and high inflation linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Moldova’s Parliament Elects Newcomer to Politics as New PM
Moldova’s parliament on Friday appointed Alexandru Munteanu, a 61-year-old economist with no experience in elected office, as the country’s new prime minister, cementing a pro-EU trajectory that critics say answers more to Brussels and Washington than to ordinary Moldovans. Munteanu, who has never stood for public vote, was nominated by President Maia Sandu after her Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS) secured 55 of 101 seats in last month’s s…
He lived in Ukraine for about 20 years.
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