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Sebastian Schäffer

Sebastian Schäffer is the director of the Institute for the Danube Region and Central Europe (IDM), a regional think tank based in Vienna, Austria. Schäffer is also the secretary general of the Danube Rectors’ Conference (DRC), a network of over 60 universities in the wider Danube region.

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Opinion: Moldova's EU integration referendum hangs in the balance, highlighting the dangers of oversimplification

by Sebastian Schäffer
Moldovans headed to the polls on Oct. 20 to elect their next head of state and vote on the future of the country’s European Union integration. With over 99% of the votes counted on Monday, the “yes” vote edged ahead at 50.43%, while the “no” camp, which had maintained a lead since the counting began, stood at 49.57%, according to results from the election commission. President Maia Sandu’s decision to align the referendum on amending the constitution for Moldova’s EU accession with the first ro