On the same day, the opposition Șor Party organized counter-rallies in Orhei, Comrat and Bălți, calling for a referendum on Moldova's foreign policy.
[1] The government refused to disclose the costs of the event beforehand,[3] later revealing in July that it had spent 1 million lei of public funds to distribute 4,000 flags to the participants.
Although the police declared no incidents took place during the day in Chișinău, journalists of Radio Free Europe witnessed an anti-government protest organized at one of the city's entrances.
President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola also gave a speech, giving a message to assembly participants: Europa este Moldova!
[4] During the assembly, a resolution was read and subjected to a vote in which some participants of the rally expressed support by raising their hand and in which the event's moderator declared "unanimity".
The participants of the assembly also called on the Moldovan political class to condemn the Russian invasion of Ukraine and take a clear position against Russia, which started the war.
[8] Răzvan Foncea, a consultant for the Parliament of Romania, argued in an academic research study that Sandu's solid state project for Moldova, aimed at EU accession, accompanied by a strong diplomatic effort including public participation by the Moldovan society, was turning Moldova's vulnerabilities into strategic advantages and increasing Moldovan soft power within Europe.
She criticized bringing so many people together while Moldova was in an official state of emergency and said that it would be better to put these efforts into issues such as improving the quality of life, pensions and salaries of the population.