Moldova’s successes, such as the democratization of society and the pluralism of opinions, allowed resuming the dialogue with the European Union. However, in order to maintain the EU interest in Moldova and a favorable status within the Eastern Partnership, if it succeeds, the Government must prove it can carry out the planned reforms. This is one of the conclusions of a study by Leonind Litra, included in the quarterly Report on Crisis Prevention of the Institute for Development and Social Initiatives (IDIS) Viitorul, published with the support of the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), Info-Prim Neo reports. According to Litra, some leading institutions must set an example of perseverance and determination in implementing reforms. The activity of some structures like the National Agency for Protecting Competition and the Court of Accounts must be boosted. Conditions of preventive arrest must be improved, the justice reform should progress and more measures against corruption are needed. Corneliu Ciurea, another IDIS Viitorul analyst, thinks that Moldova’s European integration might be undermined by its duration. During this process, which doesn’t even have a clear finality, various crises that had been “frozen” but not solved could pop out. They can divide the society and relegate reforms to second place. “For the Moldovan Government, including institutions and governing parties, it’s typical to “delay” crises, to diminish their importance, but not to solve them. Authorities don’t find solution, but they delay problems. We are drifting and think that things will get somehow solved by themselves”, mentioned Ciurea. Among potential crises that smolder, the analyst named the amendment of the Constitution, the investigation of events on April 7, 2009, the ban on Moldovan wines in Russia, a series of economic and social problems related to the amelioration of prices for some resources and services for people. According to Ciurea, the restructuration of the Ministry of the Interior is too slow and the Law against discrimination has been buried. Economic analyst Alexandru Fala spoke about the prices race and stressed the need to reform state enterprises, to assure a proper environment for competition in all sectors of national economy, to fight corruption and clan agreements, to avoid conflicts of interests between state institutions. The Romanian ambassador in Chisinau, Marius Lazurca, attended the presentation and declared himself pleased that the relationship between Moldova and Romania is not one of the “lingering” crises, that get into the spotlight again and again, especially during elections. He admitted the IDIS experts may be right about the EU growing tired of Moldova. “Indeed, Moldovan authorities should decipher the signs of time and back their foreign policy agenda with some serious internal reforms”, he said. Eugen Vizir, head of the Political Analysis Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration, said that in the EU, the problem was about a general “European tiredness”, which is not related to a specific country. We have the example of Croatia, which, frankly speaking, didn’t bother a lot about getting invited in the EU. The problem is in the identity crisis, which troubles Europe. After it is overcome, and we hope it is, we can speak about the EU getting tired of Moldova. But we can avoid that if Moldova implements the planned internal reforms”, said Eugen Vizir. He added that reforms would solve the political, economic and social problems Moldova has been facing since its independence.