'We hope the member states will recognise our effort' to join the EU: Moldova's President Maia Sandu

Moldova is deepening its push to join the European Union. President Maia Sandu told France 24 recently that she hopes member states will recognize her nation's efforts. The nearly three-million-person republic, which borders Ukraine, has opened its first official cluster of negotiations with the bloc. But as Moldova edges closer to Europe, it's increasingly caught between pro-EU forces and pro-Kremlin opposition—a geopolitical tug-of-war that will shape the country's future.

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