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#Moldova_Romania: The country is looking for ways to buy gas from Romania as soon as possible through Iasi-Ungheni-Chisinau. This was one of the letmotives of President Sandu's visit to Bucharest. She suggested that the government wants to ensure gas supply security by⤵️
replacing Russian gas. However, the financial issue has not been discussed. Or, Moldova cannot afford the cheaper gas it now buys from Gazprom based on the price formula negotiated by the ruling party, and Sandu herself welcomed this. The Romanian side said⤵️
it will not leave Moldova alone, without indicating whether it would be ready to subsidize the gas price for future gas delivery to Moldova. Lowering Moldova's price would violate Romania's state aid law. In fact, this problem can be overcome if a political decision is taken.⤵️
#Moldova_Romania: According to the latest data, 42% of the Moldovan pop. (or about 1.1 million people have Romanian citizenship or applied for it). Notably, this percentage is lower than the support for the reunification of Moldova with Romania (iData, May 2022: 36.5%).⤵️
The same polls show that in March 2021, the support for reunification was almost 43% (the highest registered to date). This confirms my thesis that sentiments in favor of reunification are not evenly distributed among Romanian citizenship/passport holders⤵️
(not all of them favor this option, having also a more pragmatic rational of holding the citizenship).
