For civil society in Moldova to give up promoting the European integration of Moldova, Russia and its geopolitical initiatives should fully borrow the values without which the EU wouldn’t have become a global magnet, such as the rule of law, good governance and human rights. Until then, the adoption of the European model through the Association Agreement with the EU will remain the best country development model, expert in political sciences Dionis Cenusa says in an opinion article for IPN News Agency.

According to the politologist, the promotion of the European integration in Moldova is interpreted by pro-Russian agents as a geopolitical campaign, while the NGOs are perceived as agents of influence. In reality, it is about the greater attractiveness of the EU’s soft power and of the European development model.

These are not imposed by Brussels and magnetize by themselves the people from the European vicinity, economic migrants from different remote regions and even the Russian population.

It is essential to realize that the NGO sector is critical of the foreign partners, including the EU, both in private discussions and in public approaches. The foreign financial support comes to support concrete projects in the electoral, public, energy and economic sectors, without following particular politicization, indoctrination or subordination, explained Dionis Cenusa.

Even if the NGOs depend on external financing, their intervention in the public sphere is determined by the intention to protect the state and the people from the predatory instincts of the political class and obscure interests, concluded the politologist.