Moldovan presidential elections driven by insecurity not geopolitics: President-elect Sandu may have found a cure against populism

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World media have hailed the victory of Maia Sandu in the Moldovan presidential elec­tions on 15 November. They celebrated it as a triumph of democracy and pro-Western preferences over post-Soviet cronyism, authoritarianism and Russian apologists. The reality is more complex while there are few reasons for optimism. Sandu's victory is a fragile one as the conditions that delivered it were temporary only. However, she may have unwittingly discovered how to attract voters who traditionally preferred Russia-backed candidates. The EU would benefit by learning from this accidental solution, which is of value regionwide, and deriving from it a thought-out strategy to more effectively support and protect genuine democratic transformation in Moldova and the post-Soviet area.

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• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: SWP Comment ; No. 59/2020

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Politik

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Minzarari, Dumitru
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP)
• (where): Berlin
• (when): 2020

Further information

• DOI: doi:10.18449/2020C59
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/256654