The 28 conditions imposed by the European Union on the Republic of Moldova are not necessarily something bad. On the contrary, this is something good as the irreversibility of the European course depends on the reforms done daily, including with European support. Moreover, the government insists a lot on the intensification of the dialogue with the EU as the continuous communication with the EU means coming closer to the ideal represented by the European community, Ion Ranga, a member of the Standing Bureau of the European People’s Party of Moldova (PPEM), stated in the public debate “Chances of fulfilling the 28 conditions for obtaining €100 million from the EU or How real is the government’s objective to make the European course irreversible until the parliamentary elections?”. The debate was the 85th installment of the series of debates “Developing political culture by public debates” that are organized by IPN News Agency and Radio Moldova.
“We think the pressure and the insistence on particular conditions on the part of the European Union are not necessarily something bad. On the contrary, this will help us. Thus, we need the EU’s assistance. Besides this macro-financial assistance, and we should not focus on it only, there are many projects and support that come through the neighborhood policy and projects implemented in infrastructure. Our country continues to receive considerable support from the European Union. What we should now do is to continue to strengthen communication with the EU as after 2014, in particular in 2015, when three governments were changed during a year, stagnation was witnessed in communication and openness, consolidation of the relations with the EU. They now try to resume the intense dialogue,” stated the politician.
In another development, Ion Ranga said 2015 was one of the most difficult years after 2009, when the political crisis that generated practically stagnation in the dialogue with the European partners started. Moreover, besides internal factors in Moldova there are also internal problems in the EU and the EU’s potential to deal with Moldova’s problems weakens thus. These problems include the migrant crisis, the Brexit and the EU’s relationship with the new administration of the U.S.
Ion Ranga said the PPEM has always asked from the EU not only support and financial assistance, but also particular pressure. The European People’s Party of Moldova approves of the conditions imposed by the EU because Moldova has an already created system and, regrettably, bureaucratic apparatus typical of the ex-Soviet states, which is replaced with difficulty. In such conditions, it is rather hard to do reforms and resistance is usually faced. Following this pressure and these conditions, progress has been made earlier, including in the case of the signing of the Association Agreement and DCFTA.
The public debate “Chances of fulfilling the 28 conditions for obtaining €100 million from the EU or How real is the government’s objective to make the European course irreversible until the parliamentary elections?” was the 85th installment of the series of debates “Developing political culture by public debates” that are organized with support from the Hanns Seidel Foundation of Germany.
