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POLITICĂthe Communists seem to have lost the majority they heldfor eight years in Parliament, winning about 45 percentof the vote, the Central Elections Commission said.A smattering of opposition parties, loosely united intheir pledge to forge stronger ties with the European Union,have vowed to form a coalition, which would givethem a majority of 53 seats in the 101-seat Parliament.But any coalition would be fragile, analysts said, and potentiallyhindered by a sizable Communist minority thatis still likely to be led by Moldova’s departing president,Vladimir Voronin.„It is difficult to predict how the future will play out”,said Oazu Nantoi, the deputy chairman of the DemocraticParty. ”But the first step has been taken: Voronin’smonopoly on power has been broken”.Residents of Moldova’s capital, Chisinau, reacted warilyThursday to word of a possible change in government,given the many unfulfilled promises in nearly twodecades of independence.“We are very confused here in Moldova”, “ said AnastasiyaSinarchuk, a 74-year-old pensioner. “As soon asanyone becomes president, they all of a sudden have villasabroad and comforts for their children”.The streets of Chisinau were largely quiet on Thursday,in stark contrast to April, when a victory by the CommunistParty in a first round of parliamentary elections setoff riots by young people weary of the moribund politicaland economic policies they say the Communists imposed.Moldova, with four million people, is Europe’s poorestcountry. Unemployment is high, and the country is heavilydependent on remittances from Moldovans workingabroad. It lies between Ukraine and Romania, a EuropeanUnion member with which it shares a common languageand culture. Romania also provides a steady tug tothe West, particularly for Moldova’s youth.Mr. Voronin had sought the support of an older generationwith nostalgia for Moldova’s Soviet-era stability.Of late, he has hewed closest to Russia, which maintainstroops in the breakaway Transdniester region and suppliesmost of Moldova’s energy. Moscow also recentlypromised Moldova a $500 million loan.His critics say Mr. Voronin has adopted much of theKremlin’s governing style, cracking down on political dissentand muting critical media. His family, particularlyhis son Oleg, has monopolized many of the country’s profitablebusinesses, the critics say.“This was a battle between two different styles of development”,said Arcadie Barbarosie, executive directorof the Public Policy Institute, a Chisinau-based researchgroup. “On one side was a Russian-style model of a verticalgoverning scheme; on the other was a model basedupon the European Union’s emphasis on deep democraticdevelopment”.Set off by allegations of voter fraud, the April riots,which left government buildings burned and at leastthree people dead, appeared to be a turning point.In line with the Constitution, Mr.Voronin dissolvedParliament and set new elections last month after theCommunist Party twice fell one vote short of the parliamentarymajority needed to elect a new president. Mr.Voronin is obliged to step down, having served two terms,though he will remain in power until Parliamentchooses a new president.It is still unclear what accounted for the Communistloss, though a major factor may have been the defectionof Marian Lupu, a popular former Parliament speakerwho joined the small Democratic Party after the Aprilelections.Mr. Lupu has pledged to join a coalition with the otherpro-Western forces, but he has cautioned against ignoringRussia”.Législatives en Moldavie: victoire écrasante descommunistes pro-européens// Le monde. – 2009.– 6 apr.Un alt articol anunţă victoria comuniştilor în alegeriledin 5 aprilie, menţionând că aceştia au o orientare politicăproeuropeană. Sunt descrise cifre concrete, în procente,a numărului de oameni care au votat partidul respectiv,49, 93 %. Acest fapt le va da posibilitatea să aleagăpreşedintele, în cazul în care vor fi în număr de şaizecişi unu deputaţi în Parlament. În articol se face şi o micăincursiune în istoricul venirii la putere a partidului comuniştilor.Acesta, cunoscut dintotdeauna drept un partidprorus, s-a întors spre Europa din 2005, după primulmandat de preşedinte al lui Vladimir Voronin, care, deşinu şi-a exprimat simpatia pentru Uniunea Europeană,ţara a primit ajutor important din partea acesteia.“Le Parti communiste moldave (PCRM), pro-européen,a remporté une victoire écrasante aux électionslégislatives dimanche 5 avril. Avec 49,93 % des voixrecueillies sur la base de 95 % des bulletins dépouillés,il devrait obtenir la majorité absolue au Parlement decette ancienne république soviétique. Les communistesdevraient obtenir soixante des cent un sièges de l’Assemblée,organe qui sera chargé d’ici juin, d’élir le prochainprésident.Arrivé au pouvoir en 2001, le Parti communiste deMoldavie (PCRM) est en progression de trois points parrapport aux précédentes législatives de 2005, où il avaitrecueilli 46,1 % des voix (cinquante-cinq sièges). Si ces chiffresse confirment, il manquerait au parti majoritaire unseul siège pour atteindre la majorité des trois cinquièmes40 Imaginea Republicii Moldova în străinătate