Moldovan Socialists Not Planning to Enter Coalition With Pro-EU Parties

The leader of Moldova's Party of Socialists plans to come to an a greement only with the parties willing to move toward the Customs Union.

MOSCOW, December 1 (Sputnik) — Moldova's Party of Socialists which won parliamentary elections will not create a coalition with political parties that do not want to move toward membership in the Customs Union of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan, party leader Igor Dodon said Monday.

"We think that during the coming days the pro-European parties will try to reach an agreement. Our party has taken a clear position, it will not enter a coalition with pro-European political parties. We will discuss and come to an agreement only with those who would agree on [the] denouncement of the agreement with Europe, and would move toward the Customs Union," Dodon said in his interview with Rossiya-24 TV.

In Dodon's opinion, the Party of Socialists has won because they have a permanent and specific point of view, which includes moving toward membership of the Customs Union.

On Sunday, Moldova held elections for all 101 seats in the country's parliament. Four independent candidates and 21 political parties participated in the election.

The final results of the election are yet to be announced. With almost 90 percent of ballots counted, the Socialist Party leads the vote with 21.61 percent, followed by the Liberal-Democratic party with 19.29 percent of the votes. The Communist Party, in third place, won 17.84 percent.

Overall, the pro-EU parties have garnered about 44 percent of votes now, while those seeking stronger ties with Russia – 40 percent.