The Moldovan Parliament has approved the selection of Vlad Filat as the nation’s prime minsiter. The selection of Mr. Filat comes after the political crisis in Moldova following the first elections in the springtime and then a repeat election in the summer which saw the governing Communist Party lose their majority.

While the next problem for Moldova is the selection of a new President which requires a 66% majority, Mr. Filat states that his priority is to integrate Moldova into the «European Community». The EU appears to have responded positively to the election and to the desire of the new Moldovan Government to broaden its relationship with Europe.