EU-backed Moldovan government faces democracy 'test'

A year after coming to power, Moldova's pro-EU government has made progress on economic and democratic reforms which still face an important "sustainability test" this fall, when early parliamentary and presidential elections are set to take place, the EU commission says.

"On the EU agenda, a lot has been achieved so far thanks to considerable efforts that Moldova and EU have deployed," EU enlargement and neighbourhood policy commissioner Stefan Fuele said on Wednesday (9 June) in the E...