(25 Sep 2025)
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Chisinau, Moldova – 25 September 2025
1.Various of exterior of Moldova Parliament building
2. Various of Igor Grosu, President of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity, seated for interview
3. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Igor Grosu, President of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS):
“Indeed these elections are a bit more special than the others, not that the presidential elections or the referendum were not important, but the truth is that the results of these elections will define the future of the country – not only for 4 years ahead, but for many many years onwards. We understand this, our opponents understand this, and by opponents, I don’t just mean internal ones, I mean the Russian Federation and all the criminals and propagandists gathered around it.”
4. Cutaway to camera
5. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Igor Grosu, President of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS):
“We are better prepared now, I think. This, however, doesn’t mean our enemies are not just as cynical and creative as ever. And, unfortunately, Russia has enormous resources: financial, human, logistical, and intelligence that it uses against the democracies in its proximity. But I believe in the determination and mobilizing spirit of Moldovans, at home and in the diaspora.”
6. Grosu talking during interview
7. Leaders of Patriotic Electoral Bloc before demonstration
8. Various of supporters of Patriotic Electoral Bloc marching in Chisinau
9. Wide of supporters
10. SOUNDBITE (Romanian) Igor Dodon, leader of Socialists Party, member of Patriotic Electoral Bloc (BEP):
‘’We must prove we have integrity and that we’re not unimportant, as they say. Can we prove this or not? (Crowds shouting ‘yes’). I believe in each and every one of you. During several meetings you all shouted this one thing: Down with Maia Sandu.’’
11. Wide of people during demonstration
12. Women in red shirts and wearing red caps
13. Politicians talking to the demonstration participants in front of the Moldova Government building
STORYLINE:
The leader of Moldova’s pro-European ruling party is blunt about the stakes in Sunday’s tense parliamentary election: a continued path toward the European Union or a country brought back under Russia’s orbit.
“The results of these elections will define the country’s future not just for the next four years, but for many, many years ahead,” Igor Grosu, the president of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity, or PAS, told The Associated Press on Thursday in the capital, Chisinau.
The party he leads has held a strong parliamentary majority since 2021, but risks losing it in Sunday’s vote to elect a new 101-seat legislature, with no other viable pro-European alternatives on the ballot but several Russia-friendly ones.
Grosu, who is also the speaker of parliament, said Sunday’s vote is no longer just a choice between East and West, but a choice between peace and war. “Peace means the EU, and war means Russia," he said. “Things have become very stark, very simplified.”
“These are existential elections, at a crossroads,” he added. "There’s no middle path, no middle option.”
The outcome of Sunday’s high-stakes election could at least in part depend on how effective Russia’s alleged “hybrid war” to undermine support for PAS has been in favor of political forces that would slow down or potentially derail Moldova’s EU path.
“Can we prove this or not?” he asked the crowd. “I believe in each and every one of you.”
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