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Meanwhile, incumbent Maia Sandu was closer to a second term in office, after partial results in the country's presidential election gave her a small lead over her main rival.

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[–] [email protected] 63 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They called it too early. Yes is now in the lead

[–] [email protected] 3 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Did No get a time penalty?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago

No got a “foreign vote came in late and overwhelmingly voted yes” penalty

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I don't understand why this article makes it seem as though its already been decided before the final tally is done, it could still be a yes!

In fact, as of writing this comment, the vote is evenly split at 50 / 50, as seen here: https://pv.cec.md/cec-template-referendum-results.html

[–] [email protected] 10 points 20 hours ago

As of this moment, the official result appears to be “yes”.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 day ago

Yes is now in the lead, narrowly

[–] [email protected] 37 points 1 day ago (5 children)
[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Check again! The diaspora has flipped the results! Yes is in the lead, narrowly!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago

Awesome to hear! Thanks!

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Not quite. The presidential election isn't decided yet and this referendum wasn't directly on joining the EU but on a constitutional amendment that would have required future governments to work towards joining the EU.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 day ago

The referendum has also flipped, yes is in the lead

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Honestly, Moldova is too divided in this regard. Not to mention the Transnistria issue. If they were to join the EU in their current state, there's a chance we'd just end up with another Hungary/Slovakia situation. They need much more time IMO.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (42 children)

At least the people of Moldova got to participate in democracy

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago

In a few years’ time, Sandu will have had an unfortunate accident with a window, and Moldovan conscripts will be dying in meatwave assaults on the western front of the Ukrainian permawar.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

BRICS: For some reason, we're going to make a money laundering collective for dictatorships and be shocked when people call us up on it and we'll blame the EU

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