The authorities detained him at the airport and described as a threat to national security, which caused sharp criticism.
The Moldovan authorities expelled Czech MEP Ondřej Dostál, who came to the country for the Make Europe conference Great Again (let’s make Europe great again). Dostál informed about it on the social network X. According to the server, Novinky.cz was due to suspect that he could endanger the National Security of Moldova. The information was brought by the TASR rapporteur in Prague.
“Everything is once for the first time. Also that you are, as a Member of the European Parliament, expelled from the EU candidate country. Democracy in action,” Dostal wrote on social network X and added a photo in front of the plane.
Police detained the MEP
According to Novinky.cz server, MEP was detained at the airport in Kišinov. The authorities described him as “a threat to public order and national security” and also confiscated his diplomatic passport, which he returned to him in Romania. “They gave me only some paper I refused to sign, saying that they will not let me go for any Moldova warning,” Dostal said.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also informed of the event. “The Moldovan authorities informed the Czech Embassy in Kišinov this morning that they denied joining the country yesterday to several people who are suspected of threatening national security. There was also a Czech citizen among the detainees,” said Daniel Drake, a spokesman for the Czech diplomacy department.
Expulsion of several persons
In addition to the Czech MEP Ondřej Dostál Dostál Moldovan authorities, the spokesman of the Greek party Niki Dimos Thanasoulas and the American activist and co -founder of the National Organization for Marriage Brian S. Brown were also denied the entry. The organizers of the International Make Europe conference Great Again claim that this is an intimidation step by Moldova.
