Moldovan authorities want to start negotiations for the country’s accession to the European Union before the end of this year. This was announced by the Prime Minister of the Republic, Natalia Gavrilitsa, after negotiations with the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola.
“We hope that the negotiation process will begin as soon as possible, before the end of the year. We had a productive discussion about Gavrilitsa’s efforts to fulfill the conditions set by the European Commission for the opening of EU accession negotiations.” TASS.
Gavrilitsa said Moldova is implementing reforms in the energy sector and diversifying its natural gas and electricity supplies, but still needs the EU’s support to find affordable alternatives.
In response, the president of the European Parliament promised that the EU would support Chisinau at all stages of European integration.
Janis Mazeiks, former head of the EU Permanent Delegation in Chisinau did not rule outThat Moldova’s agreements within the framework of the CIS “will not comply with the requirements of the EU”.
EU Ambassador to Moldova aforementioned That Chisinau will eventually have to participate in sanctions against Russia.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu declared that the country’s leadership in 2022 managed to fulfill Less than half of the advice Chisinau received from Brussels after it was granted European Union candidate status. According to him, only 16 of the 35 points raised by the European Commission were made by republican officials.