{"id":5814,"date":"2020-12-11T19:08:58","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?p=5814"},"modified":"2020-12-11T19:08:58","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T17:08:58","slug":"the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-advanced-gutenberg-blocks-intro\"><p class=\"wp-block-advanced-gutenberg-blocks-intro__content\">The European Union is with Moldova\u2019s president-elect, Maia Sandu, and her agenda &#8211; the rule of law and the fight against corruption, says European Commission President Ursula Von Der Leyen.<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;You have put very important issues at the forefront of your agenda &#8211; the rule of law and the fight against corruption. You have risen up against corruption in the education system and you are fighting for a justice system separated from political influence, this is what people voted for. The first female president in the history of Moldova. Congratulations to you and your country &#8220;, said the President of the European Commission.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Ursula Von Der Leyen concluded with saying that<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&#8220;I have confidence that you, Maia, and all the members of Parliament who are with us today, can show the girls that they can become everything they want in life. The young generation looks at us. Our duty is to fight for young girls, women, and for all the European citizens.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;You have put very important issues at the forefront of your agenda &#8211; the rule of law and the fight against corruption. You have risen up against corruption in the education system and you are fighting for a justice system separated from political influence, this is what people voted for. The first female president in&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":5815,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,284,10,4,5],"tags":[283,70,48,573],"autor":[],"class_list":["post-5814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-moldova","category-foreign-affairs","category-news","category-political","category-society","tag-europeancommission","tag-europeanunion","tag-moldova","tag-presidentmaiasandu"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu - Ziarul de Gard\u0103<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu - Ziarul de Gard\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&#8220;You have put very important issues at the forefront of your agenda &#8211; the rule of law and the fight against corruption. You have risen up against corruption in the education system and you are fighting for a justice system separated from political influence, this is what people voted for. The first female president in...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1020\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cristina Carmanu\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ZiarulDe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ZiarulDe\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cristina Carmanu\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Cristina Carmanu\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9\"},\"headline\":\"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/\"},\"wordCount\":173,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png\",\"keywords\":[\"#EuropeanCommission\",\"#EuropeanUnion\",\"#Moldova\",\"#PresidentMaiaSandu\"],\"articleSection\":[\"About Moldova\",\"Foreign Affairs\",\"News\",\"Political\",\"Society\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/\",\"name\":\"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu - Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1020},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\",\"name\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"description\":\"The only investigative newspaper in the Republic of Moldova\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg\",\"width\":124,\"height\":71,\"caption\":\"Ziarul de Gard\u0103\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/ZiarulDe\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9\",\"name\":\"Cristina Carmanu\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Cristina Carmanu\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/author\/cristina\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","og_description":"&#8220;You have put very important issues at the forefront of your agenda &#8211; the rule of law and the fight against corruption. You have risen up against corruption in the education system and you are fighting for a justice system separated from political influence, this is what people voted for. The first female president in...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/","og_site_name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md","article_published_time":"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1020,"url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Cristina Carmanu","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ZiarulDe","twitter_site":"@ZiarulDe","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cristina Carmanu","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/"},"author":{"name":"Cristina Carmanu","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9"},"headline":"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu","datePublished":"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/"},"wordCount":173,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png","keywords":["#EuropeanCommission","#EuropeanUnion","#Moldova","#PresidentMaiaSandu"],"articleSection":["About Moldova","Foreign Affairs","News","Political","Society"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/","name":"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu - Ziarul de Gard\u0103","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png","datePublished":"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00","dateModified":"2020-12-11T17:08:58+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Ursula-von-der-Leyen-s\u0326i-Maia-Sandu-1920x1020-c-default-1920x1020-c-default.png","width":1920,"height":1020},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/the-european-commission-presidents-message-to-the-president-elect-maia-sandu\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The European Commission President\u2019s Message to the President-elect, Maia Sandu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/","name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","description":"The only investigative newspaper in the Republic of Moldova","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#organization","name":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/logo-footer-1.svg","width":124,"height":71,"caption":"Ziarul de Gard\u0103"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/zdg.md","https:\/\/x.com\/ZiarulDe"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d623cbc9e196fec78044598c7c770cc9","name":"Cristina Carmanu","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8d452f3d4bfb8e58e461d22691afcc6e?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cristina Carmanu"},"url":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/author\/cristina\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5814","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5815"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5814"},{"taxonomy":"autor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/autor?post=5814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}