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Alliance for European Integration

January 01, 1970

The Alliance for European Integration (Romanian: Alianța pentru Integrare Europeană) was a centre-right anti-communist ruling coalition in Moldova from the July 2009 election until it lost to a no confidence vote in the Parliament on February 13, 2013. It was succeeded by the anti-communist Pro-European Coalition.

Alliance for European Integration
AbbreviationAIE
DissolvedFebruary 13, 2013
TypeCentre-right ruling coalition
PurposeGoverning in Moldova
HeadquartersChişinău
Key people
Vlad Filat (PLDM)
Mihai Ghimpu (PL)
Marian Lupu (PDM)
Serafim Urechean (AMN)

Overall context edit

Main articles: July 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election and April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests

After the April 2009 election and the civil unrest, the climate in Moldova became very polarised.[1] The parliament failed to elect a new president. For this reason, the parliament was dissolved and snap elections were held. The July 29 polls were won by the Communist Party (PCRM) with 44.7% of the vote. That gave the former ruling party 48 MPs, and the remaining 53 seats in the 101-member chamber went to four opposition parties. 51 votes are needed to elect the speaker and prime minister, and 61 votes to elect the president.

Membership edit

After the July 2009 elections, the centre-right anti-communist alliance was formed by the following parties: Liberal Democratic Party (18 seats), Liberal Party (15 seats), Democratic Party (13 seats), and Our Moldova Alliance (7 seats). On August 8, 2009, the four Moldovan parties agreed to create a governing coalition that pushed the Communist Party (PCRM) into opposition; the Communists had been in government since 2001. The name of the coalition was decided to be "Alliance for European Integration" (AIE for short). On 25 September 2009, the Alliance for European Integration voted for a pro-European coalition government.[2]

Political forces Seats Moldovan Parliament seats after July 2009 polls
Alliance for European Integration (right-wing) 53                                                                                                          
Party of Communists (left-wing) 48                                                                                                          

After the 2010 elections, the centre-right anti-communist alliance increased its majority from 53 seats to 59 seats. Although Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) did not return to parliament, the leaders of the three remaining parties of the alliance signed a new coalition agreement on 30 December 2010. Consequently, a new cabinet was installed on 14 January 2011, when an investiture vote took place in parliament.[3][4]

Political forces Seats Moldovan Parliament seats after 2010 polls
Alliance for European Integration 59                                                                                                                      
Party of Communists 42                                                                                                                      
  PCRM (42),   PLDM (32),   PDM (15),   PL (12)

Goals edit

The leaders of the four parties – Vlad Filat (PLDM), Mihai Ghimpu (PL), Marian Lupu (PDM), and Serafim Urechean (AMN) – signed the 22-point declaration of the Alliance in a news conference on Saturday, August 8, 2009.

The Liberal Democratic Party (PLDM), Liberal Party (PL), Democratic Party (PDM), and Our Moldova Alliance (AMN) have committed themselves to achieving such goals as overcoming the social and economic crisis and ensuring economic growth, reintegrating territories, European integration and promoting a balanced, consistent and responsible foreign policy. The coalition said it wants an association agreement with the European Union. Also, the coalition said it wants strategic relations with both Russia and the United States.

In a press conference on October 21, 2009, Iurie Leancă announced that official negotiations on the association agreement Moldova-EU will start on January 12, 2010.

Commission for constitutional reform in Moldova is a commission instituted on December 1, 2009 by acting President Ghimpu to adopt a new version of the Constitution of Moldova (1994).

On January 14, 2010 President Mihai Ghimpu instituted the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova for studying and formulating a historic assessment of the totalitarian communist regime.

Moldovan Parliament edit

Main articles: President of the Moldovan Parliament, Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, and Moldovan Parliament 2009–2010

The first session of Moldova's parliament was scheduled for August 28, one day short of the deadline for the body to convene.

On August 28, 2009, Mihai Ghimpu was elected as the Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, through secret voting, getting all 53 votes of the Alliance For European Integration.[5][6]

Mihai Ghimpu on August 28, 2009: "I thank my colleagues for their trust. I hope that while in this position I will cooperate for a free press, independent legal system, and a state of law of which all the Moldovan citizens will be proud of."[7]

Prime Minister of Moldova edit

Main articles: Prime Minister of Moldova, First Filat Cabinet, and Second Filat Cabinet

The Constitutional Court of Moldova confirmed the legitimacy of Mihai Ghimpu's position as acting president, which gave him the right to nominate a prime minister. On the same day, Ghimpu signed a decree nominating Filat for the office of prime minister. Earlier on September 17, the parliament approved a new government structure; according to the draft structure, the number of ministries remains unchanged at 16 but their names and responsibilities have been changed.

The Alliance cabinet of Vlad Filat took office after winning the approval of parliament on September 25, 2009.[8][9] Filat said that his first official visit as premier will be made to Brussels. He added that the agenda of the first official meetings will include visits to Paris, Berlin, Bucharest, and Kyiv.[10]

President of Moldova edit

Main articles: Moldovan presidential election, November–December 2009; Moldovan presidential election, 2011–2012; and President of Moldova

On September 11, 2009, Mihai Ghimpu became the acting president of Moldova.[11] The interim position was possible following the resignation of Moldovan President, Vladimir Voronin, announced in the morning of 11 September 2009 on the public broadcaster Moldova 1.[12]

The resignation letter was sent to the Parliament secretariat and by a vote of 52 deputies in the plenary session of the legislature was declared vacant the post of the President of the Republic of Moldova. Therefore, in accordance with Article 91 of the Constitution of 1994, which provides that "the responsibility of the office shall devolve ad interim on the President of Parliament or the Prime Minister, in that priority order", Mihai Ghimpu becomes the interim President of the Republic of Moldova until a new president will be elected by the Parliament.

One of the goals of the alliance was to elect the new president. The candidate of the alliance was subsequently decided to be Marian Lupu. The four parties needed to elect a new president which was impossible without having the support of at least 8 Communist (PCRM) MPs.

The critics close to the Communists (PCRM) said that the new coalition was in fact a resurrection of the former Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR), which mostly failed the expectations of its voters, due to many reasons.[13] After 1999, the Party of Communists (PCRM) used very successfully the incoherent activity of the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms (ADR) for discrediting any form of political coalition formed without them.

Issues edit

Soviet Occupation Day edit

Mihai Ghimpu, interim president of Moldova in 2010, decreed June 28 as Day of Soviet Occupation and Commemoration of the Victims of the Communist Totalitarian Regime[14][15][16] to remember the Soviet occupation on June 28, 1940.[17] The move was met with disapproval and calls for the decree's revocation inside the ruling coalition, and with calls for Ghimpu's resignation among the opposition parties. Dorin Chirtoacă, mayor of Chişinău and member of the same party as Ghimpu, ordered the erection of a memorial stone in the National Assembly Square, in front of the parliament building, where a Lenin monument used to stand.[18] The members of the coalitions argued that the time had not come for such a decree and that it would only help the communists win more votes.[19] The Academy of Sciences of Moldova declared that "in the view of recent disagreements regarding June 28, 1940 [...] we must take action and inform the public opinion about the academic community views". The Academy declared that: "Archival documents and historical research of international experts shows that the annexation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina was designed and built by Soviet Command as a military occupation of these territories. Ordinance of Interim President Michael Ghimpu reflects, in principle, the historical truth".[20] But the Constitutional Court cancelled Ghimpu's decree on July 12, 2010.[21][22]

Constitutional referendum edit

The constitutional referendum aimed at breaking the political stalemate failed on September 5, 2010, following a low voter turnout.[23][24] No further referendum can be called to change the constitution for direct elections of the president for another two years. The head of the observer mission from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, Andreas Gross, praised the referendum as being well organised and corresponding to democratic standards.[25]

On 15 January 2012, the leaders of the Alliance made a joint statement announcing that a constitutional referendum would be held in April, 2012. Prime Minister Vlad Filat said that "a referendum on the amendment of the constitution will be initiated in order to give people the opportunity to rectify the constitutional deficiencies that have been triggering endless political crises." Acting President Marian Lupu added that: "Moldova's president will be elected within a month after the validation of the referendum's outcome.". Liberal leader Mihai Ghimpu then said that the amendment to the constitution is the only solution to the political crisis.[26][27]

2010 election edit

After the referendum failed, the Alliance announced on September 6 that it would consult the Constitutional Court of Moldova on dissolving parliament and holding a new election.[28]

See also edit

Gallery edit

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    The declaration document of the Alliance for European Integration
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    Total votes won by the opposition parties (PL, PLDM, AMN) which passed the 6% electoral threshold in the April 2009 election by raion and municipality
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    The results of the Moldovan parliamentary election (July 2009) at municipality and raion level
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    Seat distribution graphs (in German)
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    Seat distribution pie chart (in French)

References edit

  1. ^ The New York Times, A Polarized Moldova Votes, Mindful of West and Russia, July 29, 2009
  2. ^ UNIMEDIA – Moldova's new cabinet to face investiture vote on September 25 2014-12-05 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Sofia Echo – Moldova's new cabinet to face investiture vote on January 14
  4. ^ UNIMEDIA – New cabinet Filat 2
  5. ^ Politicom.Moldova.org: Moldovan Pro-Western coalition elects new speaker of the parliament 2009-08-31 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ New York Times: Moldova Elects New Speaker After Communist Walk – Out
  7. ^ . Archived from the original on 27 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  8. ^ "BBC News – Moldova gets new pro-Western PM". 25 September 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  9. ^ "Moldova Gets Government, Eyes Integration In Europe". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  10. ^ . Archived from the original on 2009-10-01. Retrieved 2009-09-25.
  11. ^ ITAR-TASS: Mihai Ghimpu appointed Moldovan acting president 2009-09-16 at the Wayback Machine
  12. ^ "Moldova's President announced his resignation". HotNewsRo. 11 September 2009. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  13. ^ . Archived from the original on February 16, 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  14. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  15. ^ Vladimir Socor, Moldovan Government Chickens out of Historical Assessment of Communism
  16. ^ . PUBLIKA.MD. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 25 February 2015. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  17. ^ Vladimir Socor, Russia Defends Soviet Occupation of Moldova
  18. ^ . PUBLIKA.MD. 25 February 2015. Archived from the original on 21 October 2021. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  19. ^ . Archived from the original on 2011-07-25. Retrieved 2010-07-21.
  20. ^ "UNIMEDIA - Portalul de știri nr. 1 din Moldova".
  21. ^ "Moldovan Leader: Court Ruling Against 'Soviet Occupation Day' Was Political". RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty. 12 July 2010. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  22. ^ Moldpres, Moldovan top court says presidential decree on Day of Soviet Occupation unlawful 2011-07-22 at the Wayback Machine
  23. ^ Reuters, Moldovan referendum appears to flop on low turnout
  24. ^ Aljazeera.com, Moldova referendum scuttled
  25. ^ Moldova faces new crisis after referendum debacle
  26. ^ Moldpres, Moldovan ruling alliance wants to amend constitution via referendum
  27. ^ Jurnal de Chişinău, AIE inițiază un referendum național pentru modificarea Constituției! 2012-01-20 at the Wayback Machine
  28. ^ "Moldova's rulers to call election after poll flop". Reuters. 2010-09-06. Retrieved 2023-05-09.

External links edit

  • (in English) The New York Times, "Moldova's pro-Western Parties Reach Coalition Deal", August 8, 2009
  • (in English) BBC, "Moldovan parties form government", Saturday, August 8, 2009

January 01, 1970
alliance, european, integration, romanian, alianța, pentru, integrare, europeană, centre, right, anti, communist, ruling, coalition, moldova, from, july, 2009, election, until, lost, confidence, vote, parliament, february, 2013, succeeded, anti, communist, eur. The Alliance for European Integration Romanian Alianța pentru Integrare Europeană was a centre right anti communist ruling coalition in Moldova from the July 2009 election until it lost to a no confidence vote in the Parliament on February 13 2013 It was succeeded by the anti communist Pro European Coalition Alliance for European IntegrationAbbreviationAIEDissolvedFebruary 13 2013TypeCentre right ruling coalitionPurposeGoverning in MoldovaHeadquartersChisinăuKey peopleVlad Filat PLDM Mihai Ghimpu PL Marian Lupu PDM Serafim Urechean AMN Contents 1 Overall context 2 Membership 3 Goals 4 Moldovan Parliament 5 Prime Minister of Moldova 6 President of Moldova 7 Issues 7 1 Soviet Occupation Day 7 2 Constitutional referendum 7 3 2010 election 8 See also 9 Gallery 10 References 11 External linksOverall context editMain articles July 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election and April 2009 Moldovan parliamentary election protests After the April 2009 election and the civil unrest the climate in Moldova became very polarised 1 The parliament failed to elect a new president For this reason the parliament was dissolved and snap elections were held The July 29 polls were won by the Communist Party PCRM with 44 7 of the vote That gave the former ruling party 48 MPs and the remaining 53 seats in the 101 member chamber went to four opposition parties 51 votes are needed to elect the speaker and prime minister and 61 votes to elect the president Membership edit nbsp Vlad Filat PLDM Prime Minister nbsp Mihai Ghimpu PL nbsp Marian Lupu PDM After the July 2009 elections the centre right anti communist alliance was formed by the following parties Liberal Democratic Party 18 seats Liberal Party 15 seats Democratic Party 13 seats and Our Moldova Alliance 7 seats On August 8 2009 the four Moldovan parties agreed to create a governing coalition that pushed the Communist Party PCRM into opposition the Communists had been in government since 2001 The name of the coalition was decided to be Alliance for European Integration AIE for short On 25 September 2009 the Alliance for European Integration voted for a pro European coalition government 2 Political forces Seats Moldovan Parliament seats after July 2009 polls vte Alliance for European Integration right wing 53 Party of Communists left wing 48 PCRM 48 PLDM 18 PL 15 PDM 13 AMN 7 After the 2010 elections the centre right anti communist alliance increased its majority from 53 seats to 59 seats Although Our Moldova Alliance AMN did not return to parliament the leaders of the three remaining parties of the alliance signed a new coalition agreement on 30 December 2010 Consequently a new cabinet was installed on 14 January 2011 when an investiture vote took place in parliament 3 4 Political forces Seats Moldovan Parliament seats after 2010 polls vte Alliance for European Integration 59 Party of Communists 42 PCRM 42 PLDM 32 PDM 15 PL 12 Goals editThis article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Alliance for European Integration news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2010 Learn how and when to remove this message The leaders of the four parties Vlad Filat PLDM Mihai Ghimpu PL Marian Lupu PDM and Serafim Urechean AMN signed the 22 point declaration of the Alliance in a news conference on Saturday August 8 2009 The Liberal Democratic Party PLDM Liberal Party PL Democratic Party PDM and Our Moldova Alliance AMN have committed themselves to achieving such goals as overcoming the social and economic crisis and ensuring economic growth reintegrating territories European integration and promoting a balanced consistent and responsible foreign policy The coalition said it wants an association agreement with the European Union Also the coalition said it wants strategic relations with both Russia and the United States In a press conference on October 21 2009 Iurie Leancă announced that official negotiations on the association agreement Moldova EU will start on January 12 2010 Commission for constitutional reform in Moldova is a commission instituted on December 1 2009 by acting President Ghimpu to adopt a new version of the Constitution of Moldova 1994 On January 14 2010 President Mihai Ghimpu instituted the Commission for the Study of the Communist Dictatorship in Moldova for studying and formulating a historic assessment of the totalitarian communist regime Moldovan Parliament editMain articles President of the Moldovan Parliament Parliament of the Republic of Moldova and Moldovan Parliament 2009 2010 The first session of Moldova s parliament was scheduled for August 28 one day short of the deadline for the body to convene On August 28 2009 Mihai Ghimpu was elected as the Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament through secret voting getting all 53 votes of the Alliance For European Integration 5 6 Mihai Ghimpu on August 28 2009 I thank my colleagues for their trust I hope that while in this position I will cooperate for a free press independent legal system and a state of law of which all the Moldovan citizens will be proud of 7 Prime Minister of Moldova editMain articles Prime Minister of Moldova First Filat Cabinet and Second Filat Cabinet The Constitutional Court of Moldova confirmed the legitimacy of Mihai Ghimpu s position as acting president which gave him the right to nominate a prime minister On the same day Ghimpu signed a decree nominating Filat for the office of prime minister Earlier on September 17 the parliament approved a new government structure according to the draft structure the number of ministries remains unchanged at 16 but their names and responsibilities have been changed The Alliance cabinet of Vlad Filat took office after winning the approval of parliament on September 25 2009 8 9 Filat said that his first official visit as premier will be made to Brussels He added that the agenda of the first official meetings will include visits to Paris Berlin Bucharest and Kyiv 10 President of Moldova editMain articles Moldovan presidential election November December 2009 Moldovan presidential election 2011 2012 and President of Moldova On September 11 2009 Mihai Ghimpu became the acting president of Moldova 11 The interim position was possible following the resignation of Moldovan President Vladimir Voronin announced in the morning of 11 September 2009 on the public broadcaster Moldova 1 12 The resignation letter was sent to the Parliament secretariat and by a vote of 52 deputies in the plenary session of the legislature was declared vacant the post of the President of the Republic of Moldova Therefore in accordance with Article 91 of the Constitution of 1994 which provides that the responsibility of the office shall devolve ad interim on the President of Parliament or the Prime Minister in that priority order Mihai Ghimpu becomes the interim President of the Republic of Moldova until a new president will be elected by the Parliament One of the goals of the alliance was to elect the new president The candidate of the alliance was subsequently decided to be Marian Lupu The four parties needed to elect a new president which was impossible without having the support of at least 8 Communist PCRM MPs The critics close to the Communists PCRM said that the new coalition was in fact a resurrection of the former Alliance for Democracy and Reforms ADR which mostly failed the expectations of its voters due to many reasons 13 After 1999 the Party of Communists PCRM used very successfully the incoherent activity of the Alliance for Democracy and Reforms ADR for discrediting any form of political coalition formed without them Issues editSoviet Occupation Day edit Mihai Ghimpu interim president of Moldova in 2010 decreed June 28 as Day of Soviet Occupation and Commemoration of the Victims of the Communist Totalitarian Regime 14 15 16 to remember the Soviet occupation on June 28 1940 17 The move was met with disapproval and calls for the decree s revocation inside the ruling coalition and with calls for Ghimpu s resignation among the opposition parties Dorin Chirtoacă mayor of Chisinău and member of the same party as Ghimpu ordered the erection of a memorial stone in the National Assembly Square in front of the parliament building where a Lenin monument used to stand 18 The members of the coalitions argued that the time had not come for such a decree and that it would only help the communists win more votes 19 The Academy of Sciences of Moldova declared that in the view of recent disagreements regarding June 28 1940 we must take action and inform the public opinion about the academic community views The Academy declared that Archival documents and historical research of international experts shows that the annexation of Bessarabia and Northern Bukovina was designed and built by Soviet Command as a military occupation of these territories Ordinance of Interim President Michael Ghimpu reflects in principle the historical truth 20 But the Constitutional Court cancelled Ghimpu s decree on July 12 2010 21 22 Constitutional referendum edit The constitutional referendum aimed at breaking the political stalemate failed on September 5 2010 following a low voter turnout 23 24 No further referendum can be called to change the constitution for direct elections of the president for another two years The head of the observer mission from the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe Andreas Gross praised the referendum as being well organised and corresponding to democratic standards 25 On 15 January 2012 the leaders of the Alliance made a joint statement announcing that a constitutional referendum would be held in April 2012 Prime Minister Vlad Filat said that a referendum on the amendment of the constitution will be initiated in order to give people the opportunity to rectify the constitutional deficiencies that have been triggering endless political crises Acting President Marian Lupu added that Moldova s president will be elected within a month after the validation of the referendum s outcome Liberal leader Mihai Ghimpu then said that the amendment to the constitution is the only solution to the political crisis 26 27 2010 election edit After the referendum failed the Alliance announced on September 6 that it would consult the Constitutional Court of Moldova on dissolving parliament and holding a new election 28 See also editAlliance Sweden Gallery edit nbsp The declaration document of the Alliance for European Integration nbsp Total votes won by the opposition parties PL PLDM AMN which passed the 6 electoral threshold in the April 2009 election by raion and municipality nbsp The results of the Moldovan parliamentary election July 2009 at municipality and raion level nbsp Seat distribution graphs in German nbsp Seat distribution pie chart in French References edit The New York Times A Polarized Moldova Votes Mindful of West and Russia July 29 2009 UNIMEDIA Moldova s new cabinet to face investiture vote on September 25 Archived 2014 12 05 at the Wayback Machine Sofia Echo Moldova s new cabinet to face investiture vote on January 14 UNIMEDIA New cabinet Filat 2 Politicom Moldova org Moldovan Pro Western coalition elects new speaker of the parliament Archived 2009 08 31 at the Wayback Machine New York Times Moldova Elects New Speaker After Communist Walk Out Mihai Ghimpu elected Speaker Archived from the original on 27 March 2012 Retrieved 25 February 2015 BBC News Moldova gets new pro Western PM 25 September 2009 Retrieved 25 February 2015 Moldova Gets Government Eyes Integration In Europe RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty Retrieved 25 February 2015 Bucharest on the agenda of Vlad Filat s first official visits Archived from the original on 2009 10 01 Retrieved 2009 09 25 ITAR TASS Mihai Ghimpu appointed Moldovan acting president Archived 2009 09 16 at the Wayback Machine Moldova s President announced his resignation HotNewsRo 11 September 2009 Retrieved 25 February 2015 Moldova s four pro western parties set up governing coalition English Xinhua Archived from the original on February 16 2012 Retrieved 25 February 2015 Anti Soviet monument irks Russia Voice of Russia Archived from the original on 2010 07 04 Retrieved 2012 03 08 Vladimir Socor Moldovan Government Chickens out of Historical Assessment of Communism In fiecare an pe 28 iunie Moldova va comemora Ziua ocupaţiei sovietice si victimele regimului totalitar comunist PUBLIKA MD 25 February 2015 Archived from the original on 25 February 2015 Retrieved 25 February 2015 Vladimir Socor Russia Defends Soviet Occupation of Moldova Primăria a instalat in faţa Guvernului o piatră in memoria victimelor regimului comunist PUBLIKA MD 25 February 2015 Archived from the original on 21 October 2021 Retrieved 25 February 2015 28 iunie zi de ocupaţie sovietică Chestiunea zilei JurnalTV Prima televiziune de stiri din Republica Moldova Archived from the original on 2011 07 25 Retrieved 2010 07 21 UNIMEDIA Portalul de știri nr 1 din Moldova Moldovan Leader Court Ruling Against Soviet Occupation Day Was Political RadioFreeEurope RadioLiberty 12 July 2010 Retrieved 25 February 2015 Moldpres Moldovan top court says presidential decree on Day of Soviet Occupation unlawful Archived 2011 07 22 at the Wayback Machine Reuters Moldovan referendum appears to flop on low turnout Aljazeera com Moldova referendum scuttled Moldova faces new crisis after referendum debacle Moldpres Moldovan ruling alliance wants to amend constitution via referendum Jurnal de Chisinău AIE inițiază un referendum național pentru modificarea Constituției Archived 2012 01 20 at the Wayback Machine Moldova s rulers to call election after poll flop Reuters 2010 09 06 Retrieved 2023 05 09 External links edit in English The New York Times Moldova s pro Western Parties Reach Coalition Deal August 8 2009 in English BBC Moldovan parties form government Saturday August 8 2009 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