Romania’s push for reunification with Moldova exposes how economic crisis, nostalgia, and the politics of fear are colliding inside Europe
On June 24, Romania’s Chamber of Deputies quietly approved a controversial bill proposing the country’s unification with neighboring Moldova. For decades, Romanian nationalists have championed the slogan “Basarabia e România” – ”Bessarabia is Romania” – a phrase emblazoned on walls across Bucharest. What was once little more than nationalist rhetoric is now, however gradually, beginning to acquire a legal framework.
The timing is telling. Romania is grappling with mounting economic hardship and a widening…
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