[Info-Prim Neo poll from the Series “Moldova-20! Whereto?”, with the director of Center of Sociological Investigations and Marketing Studies CBS-AXA] [ – Do you share the idea that Moldova’s pro-European course must be stated in the Constitution in order to guarantee the continuation of the modernization process? Is there a risk that this process will be halted if the Constitution isn’t amended?] – European integration isn’t a goal itself. It should be regarded as a process of bringing the standard of living, the policies, the justice, the culture and education closer to those prevailing in the EU. Two European countries, Norway and Switzerland, aren’t EU members, but their standards are higher than the EU average. We must follow the EU as an example of applying legislation, of ability to search and find consensus to solve current problems. The country’s modernization must continue regardless of our EU membership. The change and progress are processes that mustn’t be hindered by any means. The amendment of the Constitution won’t get us any closer to the EU. We have many good laws that aren’t applied. It depends on the will of the political class. [ – The Constitution can be amended in the Parliament of through referendum? Do you think the amendment would be supported by the entire political class, including the opposition, and by society?] – Constitutional amendments must be done as written in the Constitution, they must be legitimate. Any amendment must be followed by the dissolution of the Parliament and new elections. No Parliament should amend the Constitution for itself, but for the next set of lawmakers. However, the political class is too obsessed with its own goals and isn’t interested in such amendments. Society must force the political class to make the modernization process irreversible. [ – How would this amendment influence the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict?] – If the standard of living in Moldova rises to the EU levels, whether we actually join the EU or not, the Transnistrian conflict will solve by itself. When it first started, the level of life in Transnistria, at least in their bigger cities, was higher than in the rest of Moldova. [Vasile Dosca, Info-Prim Neo] {[ Info-Prim Neo note:] Read more on the topic of guaranteeing the irreversibility of the country’s modernization in the first episode of the analysis “Moldova without internal enemies”, published on August 1, 2011, and episode published on August 9, 2011.}