Moldova risks raising less financing from abroad because it didn’t manage to carry out a number of tasks set by the development partners, considers the head of the ULIM’s Department of History and International Relations Mihai Cernencu. Asked by IPN to comment on the 2014 ENP Progress Report for Moldova, which was presented by the Head of the EU Delegation to Moldova Pirkka Tapiola, Cernencu expressed his skepticism about the current government’s capacity to make considerable progress.

The analyst said the accomplishments of 2014, like the signing of the Association Agreement and the obtaining of the liberalized visa regime, were the results of the effort made the previous years. “It seems that the child of the EaP this time was less caressed,” he stated, referring to Pirkka Tapiola’s message that was now harsher.

According to Mihai Cernencu, the ruling alliance became non-functional last August. The election campaign then started and long negotiations to form a government coalition followed the elections. “Surely less progress was made. There were even elements of corruption that resulted in billions of lei taken out of the country illegally. This shows that the state institutions do not work,” he stated, adding that the stealing of money through banks shows that Moldova’s financial system is non-transparent and corrupt, as the legal system is.

“I said it from the very beginning that a minority government cannot do profound stoical reforms. We see that in exchange for its support, the Party of Communists, which also forms part of the alliance, asks for a series of posts.”

Mihai Cernencu said the legal system of Moldova is outdated as it underwent no serious modifications during many years and, despite the nice strategies, changes were made only cosmetically.

The 2014 European Neighborhood Policy Progress Report for Moldova says the political and economic development of Moldova is hampered by system and high-level corruption and that less progress was made last year compared with the previous years.