In an echo of Brexit, surveys have found that just over 50 percent of Moldovan voters are in favor of the pro-EU position.Daniel Mihailescu/AFP via Getty Images

Deciding Moldova’s European future – POLITICO

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Benton Coblentz is a member of the Truman National Security Project and an MPA candidate at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.

Voters in Moldova are heading to the polls Sunday to vote in a referendum on whether the country should enshrine its EU aspirations in the constitution. Current polls indicate a fragile majority in favor of the change, but various challenges — including Russian misinformation and the economic repercussions of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine — mean the results are far from certain.

So, might voters in Moldova surprise observers in their EU referendum, just as British voters did in 2016?