In appealing for “calm and restraint” in Moldova, Five European nations have joined NATO where a court installed a temporary president who immediately dissolved parliament and rival governments are fighting for control.
France, Germany, Poland, Sweden and the United Kingdom declared support on Monday for the Moldovan Parliament, which was our in power in February and disbanded a day after lawmakers elected Maia Sandu of the pro-E.U. ACUM alliance as prime minister of a new coalition government.
Russia also backed the governing merge formed by ACUM and the Socialists, but the Democratic Party-led government fails to recognize it.
Moldova’s Constitutional Court disrupted the transfer of power by suspending the Socialists former leader, President Igor Dodon, and appointing outgoing Prime Minister Pavel Filip to replace him. The president has the authority to dissolve parliament and to call a snap election.