After the European financing for the Moldova Growth Plan was announced on Thursday, President Maia Sandu discussed the transformation of the country in the process of joining the European Union with representatives of trade unions and employer associations on Friday morning, IPN reports.

The presidential administration’s press release shows that the meeting addressed the new development plan, through up by the Government of Moldova and financially supported by the EU. Maia Sandu said that the state enjoys support to grow in the coming years, but a lot of work and the combination of forces are needed internally so that this financial support package increases the wellbeing of all the citizens and helps to modernize the whole country at a swift pace.

The European Commission’s financial support will go to create 5,000 new businesses and support 25,000 small businesses, to implement in infrastructure projects, to build bridges over the Prut River and a highway that will connect the Republic of Moldova, Romania and Ukraine, to carry out modern waste collection projects for 1.500 million people, to build two large regional hospitals in Cahul and Balti, and also to afforest 63,000 hectares of land.