>It’s hard for the Europeans to have a joint military operation there, because Article 11 of the Moldovan constitution explicitly states that “The Republic of Moldova will not admit the stationing of any foreign military troops on its territory”.

what about allowing the russians to keep an army in transnistria? i think that happened before they claim to break away.. but transnistria is still Moldovia. so in that sense, the EU can still support Moldovia regardless of Article 11...