Moldovan civil society will monitor the reforms done in the justice sector and the steps taken by the authorities to combat corruption this year as well. National Participation Council deputy head Antonita Fonari said that given the expected signing and ratification of the Association Agreement with the EU, civil society will have to make public the results achieved by the government and to explain to the people the purpose of the reforms and their impact.

Contacted by IPN, Antonita Fonari said that in the process of coming closer to the EU, the government of Moldova had the best communication with civil society among the Eastern Partnership countries. The government listens to civil society, but not always solves the reported problems.

Civil society continues to have the task of explaining to the people what European integration means. In Moldova, there is still a general perception that the European integration process means trips to the EU without visas. In fact, the road to the EU involves changes and benefits as well as a number of obligations.

Antonita Fonari underlined that the reforms initiated until now in a number of areas led only to the relocation of some of the institutions. In this connection, civil society will continue to monitor the implementation of reforms as this thing is needed first of all by the Moldovan people, not by the Europeans.