DISINFO: US and EU interfere in the internal affairs of Moldova
SUMMARY
The United States and the EU are interfering in the domestic affairs of Moldova ahead of the upcoming elections on 11 July in order to promote specific political and economic interests.
RESPONSE
A recurring pro-Kremlin narrative about the West's involvement in Moldova's elections and internal affairs. This narrative is repeated every time in connection with the elections.
See here a similar case claiming that in November 2020 the West interfered in Moldova to help Maia Sandu win the presidential election and here a case about "election fraud" operated by the "collective West". No evidence of possible electoral fraud has ever been presented. In the last elections, the presidential ones, in November 2020, the OSCE/ODHIR Election Observation Mission did not find any serious deviations, the fact also mentioned in the official EU statement on the electoral process.
At the end of April 2021, Moldovan President, Maia Sandu, has dissolved the parliament and called for snap elections to be organised on 11 July. Shortly before this decision was made, the EU recalled that all political actors in the Republic of Moldova need to respect the rule of law.