CHISINAU: he leaders of France, Germany and Poland are due in Moldova on Wednesday in a show of support, a day before campaigning starts for next month’s tense parliamentary election amid claims of Russian interference in the pro-EU nation bordering Ukraine. French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk will meet Moldova’s President Maia Sandu to celebrate the country’s 34th independence day as she pushes for EU membership.

La présidente pro-européenne, favorable à l’Ukraine, est menacée de perdre sa majorité absolue lors des législatives du 28 septembre, sur fond d’ingérences russes.

The pro-European president, a supporter of Ukraine, faces the threat of losing her absolute majority in the September 28 parliamentary elections amid ongoing Russian interference.