President Vladimir Voronin thinks that Moldova will be commended on the way in which it implemented the EU-Moldova Action Plan. A report on the implementation of the Action Plan will be approved by the European Commission this week. The report will assess how the Moldovan authorities had implemented the EU-Moldova Action Plan during the past three years, term that expired at end-February, Info-Prim Neo reports. During a televised program, the head of state said that the problems that have not been yet solved will be also emphasized. No matter what the verdict of the European Commission will be, Vladimir Voornin says that he is satisfied with the implementation of the plan, especially as regards the improvement of the legislative framework. According to him, the planned laws were adopted. Several of these are to be passed in second reading. Only the Law on the Prosecutor’s Office and the Law on Dual Nationality are still treated with some reserves. The president said that this is the merit of the parliamentary majority that assumed responsibility for governing the country. “If these laws had had to be passed by parliamentary consensus or alliances, they would not have been adopted not for 3 but for another 30 or 13 years more,” Vladimir Voronin stated. Yet, as the president said, what is important is that these laws are implemented. Moldova’s further progress will depend on the standard of living and on the economic development, the head of state said, stressing that Moldova will not be accepted into the EU until it solves all its economic and social problems. Moldova could develop rapidly and catch up with the developed countries only if it liberalizes the economy and creates conditions for the economic entities and foreign investors, Vladimir Voronin said Speaking about the areas of human rights and freedom of the press in which Moldova lags behind, as stated by European organizations earlier, the president said they set out no concrete objections and standards. “No one can formulate these standards,” Vladimir Voronin said, asking rhetorically “What more should we do to ensure the freedom of the press?” The president denounced the application of double standards to certain countries that are not yet accepted for Moldova, mentioning the human rights violations in Germany, France, and Romania, as well as in the United States, which is a democratic state with many detainees and electric chairs. “The European integration means setting of European standards in our own country,” Vladimir Voronin said.