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600,000 lei for Ungheni's merger: Vrabie requested the first incentive and rejects the accusation of a 'forced' amalgamation
Vitalie Vrabie, mayor of the town of Ungheni, says he has already filed the request for the first financial incentive of the amalgamation — 600,000 lei, state money, calculated by the number of residents. In an interview on TVR Moldova, he rejects the accusation that the merger of the communities around the town is 'formal, forced, rushed' and maintains that the initiative came from the neighbouring mayors, not from him. The documents confirm his figure and the procedure; critics of the reform, however, point out that a 'voluntary' amalgamation, incentivised with billions and doubled by a mandatory one after 2027, is only half voluntary.
Ion Calmis·2 July 2026· Explainer