Lliberal-Reformist lawmaker Ana Gutu is for the reification of the Association Agreement with the EU. Within an inquiry held among lawmakers, the MP has told IPN that she will ask for the vote in Parliament to be nominal.

“I entered Parliament based on an electoral program where the European integration is set as the key goal of Moldova. During five years, I have worked namely in this direction within the international relations. Any activity, any speech, any negotiation, any action and any communication were based on the Europeans integration of Moldova. I voted without hesitation for all the relevant laws and even encouraged others to vote, if they had doubts about our plan for liberalizing the visa regime with the EU,” she stated.

Ana Gutu added that beyond all these activities, her personal opinion is that only in the EU can Moldova find an economic, social and political security system for fully developing and modernizing. “There are no alternatives. By itself Moldova cannot cope with the challenges of the 21st century. It cannot also move towards the East, as it did in the past. It can only go on, on the path to the integration into the EU. The signing of the Association Agreement is a first stage in this process,” she said.

A number of 51 votes of MP are needed for the accord to be ratified in the two readings.