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Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 1 January, Gazprom ceased its gas supplies to Transnistria, a separatist territory within Moldova, following Ukraine’s decision not to extend the gas transit agreement. Furthermore, Russia refused to deliver gas via an alternative route…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
Moldova will declare a state of energy emergency on 16 December due to an impending crisis caused by Ukraine’s decision not to extend the transit contract for Russian gas after 2025. Meanwhile, the separatist region of Transnistria heavily…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 6 December, Romania’s Constitutional Court decided not to recognise the results of the first round of the presidential election, which took place on 24 November, and ordered the entire electoral process to be repeated. In its rationale…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
In the parliamentary election held in Romania on 1 December, the centre-left Social Democratic Party (PSD), which co-formed the ruling coalition, secured the largest share of the vote, gaining 22.4% in the Senate election and 22.1% in the…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Całus, Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 30 October, the European Commission published its annual enlargement reports containing a detailed assessment of the state of play and the progress made by the countries seeking to join the European Union, including Ukraine and Moldova…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
The far-right populist Călin Georgescu unexpectedly won the first round of the presidential election in Romania on 24 November, contrary to all forecasts and exit polls. Georgescu was running as a formally independent candidate, although…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 3 November, Maia Sandu, the de facto leader of the ruling pro-Western Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS), won Moldova’s presidential run-off election. She received 55.4% of the vote, while her opponent Alexandr Stoianoglo, a former…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
On 20 October, Moldova held a presidential election along with a referendum on whether to enshrine the country’s EU integration in its constitution. Maia Sandu, the incumbent president and de facto leader of the ruling pro-Western Party of…
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus
Recent weeks have seen a major revival on the Moldovan political scene. This is linked with the presidential election scheduled for 20 October and the accompanying referendum on Moldova’s accession to the EU. At the end of April, in Moscow…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Całus
Over the past year or so, Romania has seen a rapid increase in the popularity of radical and Eurosceptic right-wing parties which are unwilling to provide military or financial support to Ukraine and sometimes openly advocate for…