Moldova Localities The localities in Moldova that declared unification with Romania in 2018 are encompassed in the following list. Moldovan and Romanian media provided several lists of their own in their newspaper articles, which vary in completeness and in the order in which these places declared their unifications. This list is based mainly on information from these newspaper articles, of which only the non-conflicting accurate and verifiable information has been used. Still, some localities missing in these articles and additional details on each locality may be based on other sources. These cases are noted with citations to them. Further, the names of the localities where it was reported that declarations both in favor and against unification with Romania were issued are in
italics. In total, around 163 localities (cities, communes, municipalities or villages) of Moldova declared unification with Romania. This list does not include cities, communes, municipalities or villages that did not do this by themselves but that are part of a higher administrative unit (communes, municipalities or districts) that did so. •
Parcova (
Edineț District) – 23 January 2018. Signed by mayor Marcel Snegur and some local councillors. The commune of Parcova includes the villages of Parcova and Fîntîna Albă (spelled "Fântâna Albă" in the union declaration). The declaration was signed in the event of the
Day of the Unification of the Romanian Principalities, celebrated every 24 January. •
Ulmu (
Ialoveni District) •
Bardar (Ialoveni District) •
Ruseștii Noi (Ialoveni District) •
Puhoi (Ialoveni District) •
Văsieni (Ialoveni District) •
Feștelița (
Ștefan Vodă District) •
Opaci (
Căușeni District) •
Gotești (
Cantemir District) •
Săseni (
Călărași District) •
Nișcani (Călărași District) •
Sărătenii Vechi (
Telenești District) •
Grătiești () •
Boghiceni (
Hîncești District) •
Codreanca (
Strășeni District) •
Floreni (
Anenii Noi District) – A declaration against unification with Romania was also emitted in the locality according to the
Party of Socialists of the Republic of Moldova (PSRM). •
Măgurele (
Ungheni District) •
Răzeni (Ialoveni District) •
Cucoara (
Cahul District) •
Meleșeni (Călărași District) •
Băcioi (Municipality of Chișinău) – 13 February 2018. Signed by the mayor Vitalie Șalari, the deputy mayor, the secretary of the commune and by 14 of the 23 local councillors; the declaration was kept open for the remaining 9 local councillors in case they wished to sign it. The union declaration with Romania also condemned the
Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. Later, on 29 March, the local council of the Romanian commune of
Aleșd signed a union declaration with Moldova but also with Băcioi, as both localities were
twinned, in presence of the mayor and deputy mayor of Băcioi. •
Ordășei (Telenești District) •
Visoca (
Soroca District) •
Bădiceni (Soroca District) •
Drăsliceni (
Criuleni District) •
Ghiduleni (
Rezina District) •
Capaclia (Cantemir District) •
Ursoaia (Căușeni District) •
Cimișlia (
Cimișlia District) – 16 February 2018. Signed by mayor Gheorghe Răileanu and the local authorities, which also voted 2018 as the Year of the Centenary of the Great Union. Cimișlia was the first Moldovan city that voted for unification with Romania. •
Vatici (
Orhei District) – The Vatici commune is composed by the villages of Curchi, Tabăra and Vatici. •
Ciorești (
Nisporeni District) •
Horești (Ialoveni District) •
Chetrosu (
Drochia District) •
Cenac (Cimișlia District) •
Scoreni (Strășeni District) •
Mereni (Anenii Noi District) •
Mălăiești (Orhei District) •
Tătărești (Strășeni District) •
Negrești (Strășeni District) •
Coșeni (Ungheni District) – 22 February 2018. Signed by mayor Ion Rabacu, some local councillors and several inhabitants of Coșeni (44 out of 250 at the moment of the adoption of the document by the local authorities). This was done after an assembly on 18 February proposed by Rabacu to the locals of Coșeni and after an artistic program dedicated to
Grigore Vieru, a Moldovan poet, made by students on the same day of the document's official adoption. Coșeni is not a commune by itself, but a village part of the
Negurenii Vechi commune. •
Călimănești (Nisporeni District) •
Miclești (Criuleni District) •
Gura Galbenei (Cimișlia District) •
Colonița (Municipality of Chișinău) •
Călărași (Călărași District) •
Slobozia Mare (Cahul District) •
Copăceni (
Sîngerei District) •
Ciuciuleni (Hîncești District) •
Cruzești (Municipality of Chișinău) •
Tănătari (Căușeni District) •
Sinești (Ungheni District) •
Păulești (Călărași District) •
Peticeni (Călărași District) •
Lozova (Strășeni District) •
Recea (Strășeni District) •
Carahasani (Ștefan Vodă District) •
Ciocîlteni (Orhei District) – The Ciocîlteni commune is composed by the villages of Ciocîlteni, Clișova Nouă and Fedoreuca. •
Copceac (Ștefan Vodă District) •
Țînțăreni (Telenești District) •
Cucuruzeni (Orhei District) – The Cucuruzeni commune is composed by the villages of Cucuruzeni and Ocnița-Răzeși. •
Mitoc (Orhei District) •
Brînzenii Noi (Telenești District) •
Secăreni (Hîncești District) •
Horodiște (Călărași District) – A declaration against unification with Romania was also emitted in the locality according to the PSRM. •
Cojușna (Strășeni District) – 7 March 2018. Signed by mayor Sergiu Jereghi, the deputy mayor Igor Crăciun, local councillors and some teachers and other inhabitants of the village. The declaration was signed on the 490th anniversary of the appearance of the village of Cojușna in historical records. Later, the Local Council of Cojușna approved with a majority of votes the renaming of two streets in the village. These were the Podgorenilor Street, one of the main streets of Cojușna, which was renamed to "Centenary Street" (); and another street of the village whose name was changed to "Union Street" (). This was proposed by the
independent councillor Vitalie Jereghi. A declaration against unification with Romania was also emitted in the locality according to the PSRM. Earlier, on 6 February, 8 out of the 13 local councillors of Sadova signed a declaration in favor of Moldovan statehood and against unification with Romania. This happened without a formal meeting and while Susarenco was on the city of Călărași, which was criticized by him. Sadova was the first locality where a declaration of this kind was adopted. •
Alexandru Ioan Cuza (Cahul District) – A declaration against unification with Romania was also emitted in the locality according to the PSRM. •
Căpriana (Strășeni District) – A declaration against unification with Romania was also emitted in the locality according to the PSRM. Curtoaia is not a commune, and conforms together with Condrătești the commune of
Condrătești. •
Ciulucani (Telenești District) – March 2018, day not specified. Signed by the Local Council of Ciulucani. •
Batîr (Cimișlia District) – 26 August 2018. Signed by 7 of the 11 local councillors of the village.
Districts Additionally, up to four
districts of Moldova declared unification with Romania. • Strășeni District – 21 February 2018. Signed by 19 out of the 33 district councillors. Strășeni District became the 41th entity and the first district in Moldova that declared unification with Romania. At the time, it was composed of 39 localities. At the time, it was composed of 54 localities. Călărași District was the first district in Moldova where the majority of its communes had voted for unification with Romania. As of 27 March 2018, 16 out of 28, including the city of Călărași, had done so. At the time, it was composed of 44 localities. At the time, it was composed of 43 localities. Furthermore, Ialoveni District and Romania's
Ilfov County declared unification with each other on 15 September. Both administrative units were also twinned on the same day.
Other entities Unification declarations in Moldova were not limited to localities and districts, as other entities also issued them. Unionist enthusiasm in educational institutions was notable. On early March, it was reported that the gymnasium of
Bogzești in Telenești District had made a declaration of unification with Romania, being the first school to do so. Its declaration was signed by the school's director and by seven of its teachers. It was followed by the Philology Institute of the
Academy of Sciences of Moldova and the Constantin Stere High School in the town of
Soroca in Soroca District on 13 March; the Ștefan Holban High School in Cărpineni on 14 March; the Faculty of History and Philosophy of the
Moldova State University at
Chișinău, the Ion Creangă Gymnasium of
Teleșeu in Orhei District and the split-off branch of the
Shevchenko Transnistria State University in Chișinău on 27 March; the Doina and Ion Aldea-Teodorovici Art School in the town of
Cornești in Ungheni District on 30 March; the Ion Ignatiuc Gymnasium of
Prepelița in Sîngerei District on late March; the Călmățui Gymnasium in the village of
Călmățui in Hîncești District on an unspecified day of March; and the Grigore Vieru Gymnasium in
Vasilcău in Soroca District on 1 May or before. Other ones also did so at unspecified dates; these are the students of the in
Bălți, the Adrian Păunescu Gymnasium in Copăceni, the Pogănești Gymnasium in Pogănești, the Văsieni Gymnasium in Văsieni, the Mereșeni Gymnasium in the village of
Mereșeni in Hîncești District, the Lăpușna High School in the town of
Lăpușna in Hîncești District, the Ștefan Vodă High School in the town of
Ștefan Vodă in Ștefan Vodă District, the Boris Cazacu High School in the town of
Nisporeni in Nisporeni District, the Onisifor Ghibu High School in Chișinău, a kindergarten in the village of Tabăra in Orhei District, the
Technical University of Moldova and students of the extension in Bălți of the
Alexandru Ioan Cuza University in
Iași in Romania. Part of the Moldovan public showed itself highly approving of these initiatives. Thus, on 16 March, lawyers of the Panțîru și Partenerii Associated Bureau of Lawyers signed unification with Romania; the participants of an event in the village of
Ciucur Mingir in Cimișlia District dedicated to Sfatul Țării member and native of the village
Nicolae Cernov did so on 20 March; Moldovan
Transnistria War veterans members of the Allegiance to the Motherland Public Association and over 80 signatories of the
Moldovan Declaration of Independence including among them
Vasile Nedelciuc, on 22 March; the
National Liberal Party (PNL) of Moldova member and
reserve colonel of the
Moldovan Ground Forces Ion Margine on 27 March; 23 unionist inhabitants of the village of
Borogani in Leova District on 14 May or before; and members of the pro-Romanian Moldovan civic and patriotic organization Faptă, nu Vorbă ("Action, not Talking") at an unspecified date. It was followed by the Heroes' Monastery next to the Romanian Heroes' Cemetery at
Țiganca in Cantemir District on 27 March and by the parish Intercession of the Theotokos in Săseni and the Feast of the Ascension Heroes' Monastery in the village of
Stoianovca in Cantemir District at unspecified dates. 91 medical workers of Soroca did so on 27 March while the Rev-Cer Dental Stomatological Center in Chișinău and the Stomalux Stomatological Clinic in Bălți did at unspecified dates. the radio station
Vocea Basarabiei ("Voice of Bessarabia") and the
Liberal Party (PL) of Moldova on 13 March, the National Federation of Farmers of the Republic of Moldova on 16 March, the Hîncești District Council of the Syndical Federation of Education and Science and the Directorate of Education of Hîncești District on 24 March or before and the of Chișinău on 26 March. At unspecified dates did the Orhei branch of the Liberal Party, the InterAvo Bureau of Lawyers and the Council of the Polyleguminous Cooperative of Pănășești. Later, on 23 September, the PL launched a campaign to collect signatures to achieve this goal. Furthermore, on 1 and 2 September, participants of unionist rallies in Chișinău, including participants of the pro-unification
Centenary March, asked the Moldovan parliament to vote for unification with Romania. In a speech on 27 March to the
Parliament of Romania, the
President of the Senate of Romania,
Călin Popescu-Tăriceanu, stated that Moldova and Romania would unite only after the parliaments of both countries had approved so.
Romania Localities The unification declarations from Moldova prompted similar actions in Romania, where a large number of localities, counties and entities of other kind declared unification with the country. In Romania's case, around 46 localities (cities, communes, municipalities or villages) of the country declared unification with Moldova. Again, the following list does not include villages, communes, municipalities and cities that did not do this by themselves but that are part of a higher administrative unit (communes, municipalities or counties) that did so. Moldovan and Romanian media did not publish lists of the places that did this, so information shown here is based on the respective cited sources. •
Parva (
Bistrița-Năsăud County) – 19 February 2018. Signed by mayor Ioan Strugari, the deputy mayor, the secretary and all of the 9 local councillors of the Local Council of Parva. Parva was the first place in Romania to declare unification with Moldova. The mayor of the commune (composed of one single village) said that, on 20 March, the declaration would be sent to the
President of Romania, the President of the Senate of Romania, the
President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania and the
Government of Romania, as well as all politicians and parliamentarians who could get involved in the matter. At the time, 34 localities of Moldova had declared unification with Romania, the last one being Chetrosu. •
Bădăcin (
Sălaj County) – 2 March 2018. Signed by the General Assembly of Bădăcin after the proposal of the lawyer and member of the
Bucharest Bar Vasile Gil. Bădăcin was the native village of
Iuliu Maniu, a figure considered important in the struggle for the unification of the Romanian nation. At the time, over 60 localities in Moldova had signed unification with Romania. Bădăcin was the second place in Romania to declare unification with Moldova after Parva. •
Dumitra (Bistrița-Năsăud County) – 7 March 2018. Signed by all 14 local councillors of the Local Council of Dumitra, as well as by the mayor of the commune Gheorghe Bălăjan, the deputy mayor Ani Leon and the secretary Maria-Veturia Bodiu-Mureșan. The declaration asked the President of Romania, the President of the Senate of Romania, the President of the Chamber of Deputies of Romania and the Government of Romania to make every possible effort for Moldova and Romania to unite during the
centenary of the Great Union. •
Buzău (
Buzău County) – 15 March 2018. Signed by all 20 local municipal councillors who attended a meeting on the issue out of the 23 conforming the Local Municipal Council of Buzău. The unification declaration was made at the initiative of the then mayor Constantin Toma, who specified that it was only symbolic and without legal effects. Shortly after, on 17 March, a Romanian
folk music concert was held at the Sports Hall of Buzău to which mayors of several Moldovan localities that signed unification with Romania were invited. •
Lugoj (
Timiș County) – 15 March 2018. Signed by the Local Municipal Council of Lugoj. This proposal was the idea of Fedor Mașnița, a local municipal councillor of the
People's Movement Party (PMP), and was approved by all of the local municipal councillors of Lugoj. The declaration condemned the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and said that "the Romanian people cannot celebrate the Centenary of the Union without a part of the Romanian territories that were the object of the great celebration of Alba Iulia, in 1918", referring to Bessarabia. • Corbi (
Argeș County) – 20 March 2018. Jointly signed by the mayor of Corbi Virgil Baciu and the mayor of the Moldovan locality of Baimaclia Anatolie Doibani. The local authorities of Baimaclia were invited to Corbi for this event. Both villages were also twinned. •
Castelu (
Constanța County) – 22 March 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Castelu. •
Câmpina (
Prahova County) – 22 March 2018. Signed by mayor Horia Laurențiu Tiseanu, the deputy mayor Ioan Adrian Pițigoi and several local councillors. At the time, 125 localities of Moldova had declared unification with Romania. •
Săcele (Brașov County) – 22 March 2018. Signed by all 19 local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Săcele as well as by the mayor of the city Virgil Popa. This was proposed by Gheorghe Munteanu, Gheorghe Stoea and Gheorghe Băilă. They then were a local municipal councillor of the
Social Democratic Party (PSD) and two other ones part of the PMP, respectively. •
Baia Mare (
Maramureș County) – 23 March 2018. Signed by 16 of the 18 local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Baia Mare. The other two who did not sign belonged to the
Democratic Alliance of Hungarians in Romania (UDMR) and were absent from the meeting. The project was initiated by the local municipal councillor Cristian Niculescu Țâgârlaș, of the
National Liberal Party (PNL) of Romania, and by the mayor of the city,
Cătălin Cherecheș, who also signed the declaration and convocated the meeting. •
Tașca (
Neamț County) – 23 March 2018. Signed by all local councillors of the Local Council of Tașca, as well as by mayor Daniela Ursache and members of the I Believe Cultural Association, which started this initiative. Tașca was the first locality in Neamț County to declare unification with Moldova. •
Siliștea (Constanța County) – 23 March 2018. Signed by all present local councillors of the Local Council of Siliștea, as well as mayor Mihai Soare, the deputy mayor and the secretary of the commune. •
Broșteni (
Vrancea County) – 25 March 2018. Signed by the local authorities at the initiative of the priest of the commune Gabriel Macova that was joined by many inhabitants of Broșteni. On the same day, the parish Broșteni II also signed unification with Moldova. Afterwards, on 27 March, the mayor of Broșteni Emilian-Florin Dumitru, Macova and some local councillors of the commune went to the Moldovan city of
Soroca and participated in events dedicated to the centenary of the unification of Bessarabia and Romania. •
Cornu Luncii (
Suceava County) – 26 March 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Cornu Luncii, including the mayor Gheorghe Fron, the deputy mayor and the secretary. Several parish priests of the commune also signed the declaration. On the same day, a local event was organized with the participation of many members of the local authorities of Cornu Luncii, as well as teachers and students of schools of the commune, priests, and the vice president of a local association. The Romanian anthem,
Deșteaptă-te, române! ("Wake up, Romanian!"), was sung and an artistic program took place. •
Călărași (
Călărași County) – 27 March 2018. Signed by mayor Daniel Ștefan Drăgulin and local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Călărași. It was reported that the declaration would be sent to the President of Romania, the
Chamber of Deputies of Romania, the
Senate of Romania and the Government of Romania and that a copy of the document would be sent to the Moldovan city of Călărași, with the same name as the Romanian city. Art students from the Tudor Vladimirescu Gymnasial School and the Călărași Children's Palace also participated in the event. •
Dămuc (Neamț County) – 27 March 2018. Signed by mayor Anton Covasan, local councillors and the leaders of the I Believe Cultural Association including its president at the time, the policeman Marius Coserariu, who started the initiative. The declaration was signed at the Daniel Bucur Cultural Center, where the Moldovan anthem
Limba noastră ("Our language") and the Romanian anthem were sung, the
Lord's Prayer was recited, a
history class on Moldova was imparted and several cultural events were held as well. Covasan later expressed disappointment because, out of all the people he had invited to the event in Dămuc, only PSD county councillor Victor Marghidan came. •
Măgurele (Prahova County) – 27 March 2018. Signed by mayor Vasile Diaconu and all local councillors. The event was attended by the mayors of two Moldovan localities twinned with Măgurele, these being Victor Stînă, the mayor of Gura Galbenei; and Sergiu Bodrug, the mayor of the Moldovan locality of Măgurele. Students and teachers from both villages also attended the event at the Romanian locality of Măgurele. Furthermore, the twinning agreement between Măgurele and Gura Galbenei was extended for 4 years. •
Mischii (
Dolj County) – 27 March 2018. Signed by all local councillors of the Local Council of Mischii, as well as by the mayor Gheorghe Popa. •
Piatra Neamț (Neamț County) – 27 March 2018. Signed by the Local Municipal Council of Piatra Neamț. The initiative was started by local municipal councillors of the PNL. The meeting was attended by two teachers, one of them from Moldova, as well as a history student of the
Petru Rareș National College of Piatra Neamț. The Romanian anthem was also sung by a group of art students. This gathering was organized by mayor Dragoș Chitic at the meeting room of the Piatra Neamț Town Hall. •
Slobozia (
Ialomița County) – 27 March 2018. Signed by all present local councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Slobozia after a proposal by the mayor of the city Adrian Mocioniu. As 27 March is also the
World Theatre Day, a theatrical act called
Ziditori ai Marii Uniri ("Builders of the Great Union") was performed in the House of Culture of Slobozia. •
Valea Iașului (Argeș County) – 27 March 2018. Signed by mayor Nicolae Barbu during a meeting of the Local Council of Valea Iașului. On the same day, the commune was also twinned with the Moldovan communes of Baimaclia and
Bîrlădeni. •
Avrig (
Sibiu County) – 28 March 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Avrig. The initiative came from three PMP local councillors. •
Bârlad (
Vaslui County) – 28 March 2018. Signed by the Local Municipal Council of Bârlad after 19 out of the 21 local municipal councilors of the city and the mayor of Bârlad Dumitru Boroș voted in favor. •
Bucharest (capital of Romania, not belonging to any
county) – 28 March 2018. Signed by the
General Council of Bucharest, the issued declaration asked parliamentarians of both countries to declare "the reunification of the country and of the Romanian people" and to subsequently enact laws that effect the unification between Moldova and Romania. The declaration also condemned the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. It was proposed in the General Council of Bucharest by councilors of the PMP, and the councilor and then vice president of the PMP Lucian Iliescu read the declaration in front of the council. He added that while it did not have legal weight, the declaration held moral value. • Aleșd (
Bihor County) – 29 March 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Aleșd. The union declaration was not only between Moldova and Romania, but also between Aleșd and Băcioi, a Moldovan commune twinned with the former. The event was attended by the mayor of Aleșd Ioan Todoca, the mayor of Băcioi Vitalie Șalari, the deputy mayors of both localities, local councillors of Aleșd, county councillors of Bihor County, Romanian parliamentarians (including PNL senator and PNL deputy ), priests and other invited guests. The union declaration also condemned the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact and made reference to Senate Resolution No. 148 of 1991 by the
United States Senate which recognized the right of Moldova and Romania to unite. Aleșd was the first locality in Bihor County to declare unification with Moldova. •
Bistrița (Bistrița-Năsăud County) – 29 March 2018. Signed by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Bistrița with the exception of Antal Attila, a member of the UDMR. In the meeting, the Moldovan and Romanian anthems were sung. •
Craiova (Dolj County) – 29 March 2018. Signed by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Craiova. The union declaration also mentioned Senate Resolution No. 148 of the United States Senate. •
Onești (
Bacău County) – 29 March 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Onești at the initiative of local councillor Gelu Panfil and the mayor of the commune Nicolae Gnatiuc. Onești was the first locality in Bacău County to declare unification with Moldova. •
Roman (Neamț County) – 29 March 2018. Signed by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Roman. The event was attended by the Moldovan writer
Vladimir Beșleagă, who was invited to the meeting. •
Bacău (Bacău County) – 30 March 2018. Signed by mayor and by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Bacău. This project was initially promoted by the deputy mayor Constantin Scripăț and by local councilors Ilie Bîrzu and Doina Dragomir. The meeting was attended by the mayor of the locality of Costești in Ialoveni District of Moldova Natalia Petrea, the deputy mayor Andrei Țurcan and members of the local musical group Haiducii ("The
Hajduks"). •
Botoșani (Botoșani County) – 30 March 2018. Signed by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Botoșani at the initiative of the mayor of the city, . • Iași (
Iași County) – 30 March 2018. Signed by mayor and by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Iași. Iași's declaration was regarded as important as the city is one of the historical capitals of the former Principality of Moldavia. Iași's unification declaration stood out for being longer and more complete than others. •
Pietrari (
Dâmbovița County) – March 2018. Day not specified. Signed by all local councillors of the Local Council of Pietrari. The initiative came from then PMP local councillor Valentin Dumitru. Due to the declarations of unification with Romania coming from Moldova, the Dâmbovița County branch of the PMP, a party that had as one of its aims to achieve the unification of both countries at the time, began to incite communes of Dâmbovița County to sign declarations of unification with Moldova, thus making Pietrari do so. Pietrari's declaration was signed before
Târgoviște's, as Pietrari was reported to have been the first locality in Dâmbovița County to have declared unification with Moldova. • Târgoviște (Dâmbovița County) – 30 March 2018. Signed by the Local Municipal Council of Târgoviște, including the mayor. •
Brăila (
Brăila County) – 2 April 2018. Signed by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Brăila at the initiative of Lucian Căprariu, an independent politician. Brăila County also declared unification with Moldova on the same day. In fact, their unification declarations had the same text. •
Năvodari (Constanța County) – 2 April 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Năvodari. •
Beclean (Bistrița-Năsăud County) – 10 April 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Beclean after having been proposed to declare unification with Moldova by Caius Cârcu, then the first deputy prime minister of the PMP branch of Bistrița-Năsăud County. The president of this branch, Ionuț Simionca, had already proposed the mayor of Beclean, Nicolae Moldovan, to do so two months earlier. •
Alba Iulia (
Alba County) – 22 April 2018. Signed by the local authorities of the city. This initiative was proposed by Angela Moldovan, a local municipal councillor of the city. Alba Iulia is remarkable for its symbolic importance to the
Great Union, as it is the city where it is considered to have been achieved. •
Putna (Suceava County) – 22 April 2018. Signed by all present local councillors of the Local Council of Putna, which met in the
Putna Monastery. The proposal to do this came from the mayor of the commune Gheorghe Coroamă, and three copies of the union declaration were made. One was kept on the Putna Town Hall, another in the local school and the third in the Putna Monastery. This monastery is the place where the important Romanian historical figure of
Stephen the Great is buried. •
Constanța (Constanța County) – 25 April 2018. Signed by all 27 local municipal councillors that attended the meeting. This initiative was started by PMP members Alexandru Zabara, Cătălin Papuc and Secil Cantaragiu. At this point, over 150 localities in Moldova had signed unification with Romania. •
Turda (
Cluj County) – 26 April 2018. Signed by all 21 local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Turda. This initiative was started by the mayor of the town Cristian Matei, who wrote the declaration. Turda was the first locality in Cluj County to declare unification with Moldova. •
Isaccea (
Tulcea County) – 27 April 2018. Signed by 14 of the 15 local councillors of the Local Council of Isaccea. The project was started by local councillor Petcu Silviu Ștefan. The declaration condemned the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact. •
Baru (
Hunedoara County) – 12 May 2018. Signed by the Local Council of Baru at the House of Culture of the commune in the presence of many inhabitants of Baru. The initiative came from the mayor Daniel Răducanu and the Free Dacians Association. The event was also attended by Fabius Kiszely, then the prefect of Hunedoara County. •
Horgești (Bacău County) – 24 May 2018. Signed by all present local councillors of the Local Council of Horgești as well as the secretary of the commune, Radu Alupei, at the initiative of local councillor Ion Dancă. The Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact was condemned in the declaration. •
Câmpia Turzii (Cluj County) – 29 November 2018. Signed by all local municipal councillors of the Local Municipal Council of Câmpia Turzii and also by the mayor of the city Dorin Lojigan. This had already been proposed back in April by Adrian Mischian, a PMP local municipal council of the city. It was attempted to issue union declarations in other localities as well. Two PMP local councillors of the commune of
Huși, one being Bogdan Trifan who began this initiative, presented a union declaration with Moldova to be approved by mayor Ioan Ciupilan and by half plus one of the 19 local councilors of the Local Council of Huși on 29 March. Had it been approved, Huși would have been the first locality in
Vaslui County to declare unification with Moldova. Also on 29 March, during the meeting in Aleșd in which the union declaration with Băcioi and Moldova was signed, PNL deputy Ioan Cupșa announced that within Bihor County, union declarations with Moldova were also being planned in the communes of
Aușeu and
Vadu Crișului and in the city of
Oradea. Furthermore, on 28 November, during the centenary of the
union of Bukovina with Romania, the Local Municipal Council of Iași declared unification with Bukovina as well. This was done through a resolution that was unanimously voted for and signed by mayor Chirica and all local municipal councilors. Among other things, the resolution condemned the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact, recognized the "eternal" belonging of Northern Bukovina and the Hertsa region to
Greater Romania and expressed support for the diffusion of Romanian-language resources for the Romanian minority in these two regions.
Counties Just as in Moldova, a number of
counties of Romania, eleven more precisely, also declared unification with the country. • Prahova County – 7 March 2018. Signed by all county councillors of the County Council of Prahova. Prahova County was the first county in Romania to adopt a unification declaration with Romania. This event was announced by the vice president of the County Council of Prahova, Ludmila Sfârloagă. • Timiș County – 20 March 2018. Signed by all present county councillors of the County Council of Timiș. The proposal came from Roxana Iliescu, then member of the PMP and vice president of the County Council of Timiș. The first county councillor to sign the declaration was PSD member Călin Dobra. • Buzău County – 22 March 2018. Signed by the County Council of Buzău. The unification declaration expressed support for the unification between Moldova and Romania and for the
accession of the former into the
European Union (EU), ending with the phrase "Long live Greater Romania!". • Bistrița-Năsăud County – 27 March 2018. Signed by all present county councillors of the County Council of Bistrița-Năsăud. The event was attended by the president of Glodeni District of Moldova Ioan Leucă and by some mayors from localities in the district. Once there, Leucă made several statements, including that he was hopeful the unification between Moldova and Romania would eventually come to fruition. At the time, Glodeni District was twinned with Bistrița-Năsăud County. • Constanța County – 27 March 2018. Signed by all present county councillors with the exception of one PNL member, who abstained from voting. The initiative was started by the PMP branch for Constanța. • Iași County – 27 March 2018. Signed by the County Council of Iași after a proposal from PMP members. Association agreements with the Moldovan districts of Basarabeasca,
Briceni, Căușeni, Criuleni, Dondușeni, Edineț, Glodeni, Florești, Rîșcani and Ștefan Vodă were also approved in the same session. • Alba County – 28 March 2018. Signed by several county councillors of the County Council of Alba. Many other projects were also approved at the meeting. •
Teleorman County – 29 March 2018. Signed by all county councillors of the County Council of Teleorman at the initiative of PMP county councillor Adrian Florescu. • Neamț County – 30 March 2018. Signed by the president of the County Council of Neamț Ionel Arsene and the county secretary Maria Cătălina Grăpinoiu. At the meeting, a tense exchange of comments between Arsene and the vice president of the County Council of Neamț Laurențiu Dulamă took place. After Arsene presented the declaration, Dulamă announced he had already submitted a unification declaration a few days ago. He asked to be allowed to read his declaration, which was rejected by a vote, and Dulamă accused Arsene of stealing his idea. The Romanian anthem was played at the meeting. The event was attended by the president of Moldova's Criuleni District Veaceslav Burlac, who left before the exchange between Arsene and Dulamă. • Brăila County – 2 April 2018. Signed by the County Council of Brăila at the initiative of PMP member Viorel Botea. The city of Brăila also declared unification with Moldova on the same day. In fact, their unification declarations had the same text. Formally presented the day before, several county councillors expressed concerns regarding the divisive and sensitive nature of the topic of unification with Romania within Moldovan society and a vote for its adoption was not carried out. According to PNL county councillor Cezar Olteanu, PNL county councillors had already made a similar proposal two years before, around the time of the anniversary of the 1918 unification, but the president of the County Council of Bacău at the time,
Dragoș Benea, did not take the proposal seriously. On 2 April, PNL county councillors of the County Council of Botoșani presented a request to issue a declaration of unification with Moldova to the secretary of the county council. On 21 April, Tomac announced that the PMP had requested the County Council of Cluj to declare unification with Moldova; the same was requested to the Local Municipal Council of Cluj-Napoca. On 28 March, the document "Declaration for the celebration of the union of Bessarabia with Romania" was signed in Maramureș County. Furthermore, Ilfov County and Moldova's Ialoveni District declared unification with each other on 15 September. Both administrative units were also twinned on the same day. the Emil Botta National College in
Adjud in Vrancea County did so on 30 March and the Constantin Angelescu High School of
Ianca in Brăila County did on 18 April. On 15 November, a class of the Nicolae Bălcescu Gymnasial School in Oradea signed a union declaration with Moldova that also expressed support for the
minority rights of the
Romanians in Bulgaria,
Serbia and
Ukraine, as well as of the ethnic groups living on the
Balkans closely related to the Romanians (the
Aromanians,
Megleno-Romanians and
Istro-Romanians). Over the next week, the rest of the classes at the school signed similar declarations, which were then sent to the of the city. This was an initiative supported by Viorel Dolha, president of the General Association of Teachers of Romania (AGIRo). AGIRo would continue to encourage the emission of declarations of unification with Moldova and in support of the Romanian diaspora and of ethnic groups related to the Romanians throughout Romanian schools, which were signed by students and teachers of over 1,000 schools in Romania and then sent to various other museums in the country, including the
National Museum of the Union in Alba Iulia. These declarations continued even in 2019 with the backing of AGIRo, having been signed by a final figure of hundreds of teachers and thousands of students. Unification declarations with Moldova were also made outside of educational entities. The parish of the village of
Vâlcele in
Covasna County signed unification with Moldova on 26 February; the Romanian Dacia Museum, dedicated to Romanian
auto racing, in
Satu Mare in Satu Mare County did on 15 March; and the parish Broșteni II in Broșteni did on 25 March, on the same day that the commune in which it is located did it. On 21 November, the Timiș County branch of the Association of Communes of Romania declared unification with Moldova. Furthermore, the Parliament of Romania notably adopted on 27 March, on the centenary of the union of Bessarabia with Romania, a declaration that recognized the desire of Moldovans in favor of unification with Romania as "fully legitimate" and stated that Romania and its citizens would always be prepared to respond to "any organic manifestation of reunification" on the part of the Moldovan population. Several politicians and other figures attending the session made statements in support of unification between Moldova and Romania, including Popescu-Tăriceanu, who noted that Moldova and Romania would unite only after the parliaments of both countries had approved so. and the latter consisting of 4–6 million people (in comparison to the about 19 million people living in Romania as of 2020). These diasporas also participated in the unification declarations of 2018. One example of this was
Paris, in
France, where the Moldovan organization Union Makes Force Association signed unification with Romania on 11 March. Later, in
Milan,
Italy, Moldovan citizens of the city met and signed a declaration in support of the unification of Moldova and Romania on 13 March. A similar declaration was signed in
Parma, also in Italy, on 18 March, They also happened outside Europe, in
Canada, where the Moldovan diaspora of
Calgary signed a unification declaration on 31 March. The Moldovan and Romanian diaspora of
Edmonton, also in Canada, did the same on 19 May. Both of these declarations were done in Romanian Orthodox churches in the cities. ==Reactions==