Moldovan Socialists have announced they will launch a campaign against the reunification of the former Soviet republic with Romania.
The Socialists were responding to comments made by President Maia Sandu and her pro-Western government last month that Moldova’s government should hold a referendum asking whether Moldova should rejoin Romania for security and historical reasons and to protect the country of 2 million against Russian aggression.
Former Moldovan President Igor Dodon who heads the Socialist Party, however, said he was opposed to any plan for reunification.
“(Moldova) is run by a gang of traitors, who have captured the state, impoverished the people, destroyed the economy and, today, they no longer hide their intention to liquidate the state of the Republic of Moldova through the so-called union or annexation to Romania,” he said.
He said that Moldova’s unification with Romania from 1918 to 1940 was disastrous.
“(Romanians) crossed the Prut River (the border), entered Chisinau (Moldovan capital) with weapons and subordinated the population. All agreements … on autonomy…. were brazenly neglected. We no longer desire such humiliation either for ourselves or for our children,” he said.
“We are Moldovans and we want to be sovereign and masters at home, in the Republic of Moldova. …. We want to be a country, not someone’s border,” Dodon said.
He announced that his party had launched a public awareness campaign using billboards where “patriotic” and “statist” messages will be displayed.
“The absolute majority of our citizens, of all ethnicities, love their homeland – the Republic of Moldova. And most of them recognize the historical fact that we are Moldovans and we live on a territory that has belonged to us for centuries.”
On January 11, President Maia Sandu said she would vote in favor of the union of Moldova and Romania if there were a referendum saying it would protect Moldova from threats from Russia, which invaded neighboring Ukraine almost four years ago. Her government claims that Moscow has meddled in Moldova’s domestic politics.
Parliament Speaker, Igor Grosu and Prime Minister Alexandru Munteanu, also declared that they would support reunification with Romania if a referendum was organized.
A Public Opinion Barometer poll, published in September 2025, showed that 33.4% of Moldovans support union with Romania, while 45.7% were opposed. Some 16.7% were undecided.
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