>President **Maia Sandu** said that she would personally vote for the reunification of the Republic of Moldova with Romania should a referendum be organised, arguing that it is becoming increasingly difficult for a small country like Moldova to survive as a sovereign and democratic state. However, she stressed that joining the European Union remains a more realistic national objective, as there is currently no majority in favor of reunification.
>”If we’d have a referendum, I would vote for the unification with Romania,” Maia Sandu told the podcast hosts.
>Asked why, she answered, “Look at what’s happening around Moldova today, look at what’s happening in the world, it is getting more and more difficult for a small country like Moldova to survive as a democracy, as a sovereign country, and, of course, to resist Russia.”
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>However, while acknowledging that reunification with Romania was widely discussed during the national revival movements of the late 1980s, Maia Sandu noted that public support today is lower than it was at the end of the Soviet era, [Biziday.ro](https://www.biziday.ro/344702-2/) reported
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She is a Romanian citizen. How else would she vote?
voyagerdoge on
Romanian unification seems the surest path to EU and NATO membership.
Chester_roaster on
She’s the president, she could call for a referendum
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>President **Maia Sandu** said that she would personally vote for the reunification of the Republic of Moldova with Romania should a referendum be organised, arguing that it is becoming increasingly difficult for a small country like Moldova to survive as a sovereign and democratic state. However, she stressed that joining the European Union remains a more realistic national objective, as there is currently no majority in favor of reunification.
>”If we’d have a referendum, I would vote for the unification with Romania,” Maia Sandu told the podcast hosts.
>Asked why, she answered, “Look at what’s happening around Moldova today, look at what’s happening in the world, it is getting more and more difficult for a small country like Moldova to survive as a democracy, as a sovereign country, and, of course, to resist Russia.”
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>However, while acknowledging that reunification with Romania was widely discussed during the national revival movements of the late 1980s, Maia Sandu noted that public support today is lower than it was at the end of the Soviet era, [Biziday.ro](https://www.biziday.ro/344702-2/) reported
She is a Romanian citizen. How else would she vote?
Romanian unification seems the surest path to EU and NATO membership.
She’s the president, she could call for a referendum
Can’t happen.