The European Moldova National Assembly (Romanian: Adunarea Națională "Moldova Europeană") was a pro-European rally held on 21 May 2023 at the Great National Assembly Square in Chișinău, Moldova. Organized by the Moldovan government, it had 70,000 to 100,000 participants and counted with the participation of the President of Moldova Maia Sandu, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola and various Moldovan public figures. The Moldovan diaspora also took actions in support of the assembly. The most important resolutions of the assembly were a commitment to join the European Union (EU) by 2030, a consolidation of this project as a state objective of Moldova and a possible start of accession negotiations with the EU before the end of 2023.
The rally was boycotted by opposition parties, with even some pro-European parties regarding the assembly as an electoral rally of the ruling Party of Action and Solidarity (PAS). On the same day, the opposition Șor Party organized counter-rallies in Orhei, Comrat and Bălți, calling for a referendum on Moldova's foreign policy.[1]
- ^ Ţicudean, Mircea (22 May 2023). "Mare adunare pro-europeană la Chișinău, chemări la referendum în orașe din provincie". Radio Europa Liberă (in Romanian). Radio Free Europe. Retrieved 10 July 2024.