The European People's Party of Moldova (, PPEM) is a

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. The party is led by

Iurie Leancă Iurie Leancă (; born 20 October 1963) is a Moldovan politician who was the Prime Minister of Moldova, prime minister of Moldova from 2013 until 2015. He was Foreign Minister of Moldova, Minister of Foreign Affairs and European Integration from 20 ...

, who was

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from 2013 to 2015. For the duration of this premiership, Leancă was a member of the

Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova The Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova (, PLDM) is a conservative political party in Moldova. The party is led by Tudor Deliu. Until 2016, PLDM was led by Vlad Filat, who was Prime Minister of Moldova from 2009 to 2013, in two cabinets. Immedi ...

(PLDM).

History

The

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of Moldova which emerged from coalition talks after the 2014 parliamentary election did not command a

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and relied on support from the Moldovan Communist party (PCRM). The PLDM, led by former Prime Minister

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, conceded Leancă's departure from office to the PCRM as part of this arrangement. Leancă, who was elected on the PLDM list, resigned from the party in response and launched the PPEM to continue advocating positions, notably

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, he feels his former party has failed to uphold by entering into informal cooperation with Moldova's Communist Party. Besides Leancă, former deputy Prime Minister Eugen Carpov and

Nicolae Juravschi Nicolae Juravschi (given name also transliterated Nikolai, Nikolaï, or Nikolay and surname Juravski, Juravskiy, Yuravskiy, or Zhuravsky; born 8 August 1964) is a Moldovan politician and former canoe sprinter. He won three Olympic medals in the C ...

are the party's other MPs. The party participated in the 2015 local election as the ''European People's Platform Electoral Bloc — Iurie Leancă'' with the Liberal Reformist Party, Democratic Action and Democracy at Home Party.

Ideology

The party leadership has expressed opposition to Moldova's communist legacy and opposes even informal cooperation with communist parties. From this perspective

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can be seen as part of the PPEM's platform.

Election results

Local elections

District and municipal councils

City and rural councils

Mayors

References

External links

Official website

Party manifesto
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