Moldova's pro-Europeans could tip the scales

Sunday's parliamentary elections have failed to solve the deadlock in Moldova. After 99 percent of the ballots have been counted, ex-president Vladimir Voronin's Communist Party is out in front but short of an absolute majority. To form a government it now needs one of the three pro-European parties as a coalition partner. The Internet portal Hotnews stresses the burden of responsibility on the pro-European forces: "They're reshuffling the cards. Without one of the three parties, Voronin will be unable to govern. All he can do - and is doing - is to make seductive offers and wait for someone to bite. If one of the three parties changes sides, the country will forfeit all of the reform steps it took in the past year and - like Ukraine - once more become an unstable region. ... The West lost in Ukraine after failing to intervene in the democratisation process for four years. At least in Moldova the West has started to take important steps to support the former anti-communist government."

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