The German Chancellor's joke, made in Chisinau, about Emmanuel Macron and the candidate for prime minister, Alexandru Munteanu
Alexandru Munteanu, the candidate for Prime Minister from the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), attended a meeting on August 27 with several prominent European leaders. During this event, they congratulated the citizens of the Republic of Moldova on Independence Day, including delivering messages in Romanian from a stage set up in the center of Chisinau. However, Munteanu has denied claims that his candidacy for Prime Minister was "imposed" by Western authorities on the leadership of Chisinau.