The international backers avoid providing money to the states that do not have a stable government, said expert of the Paris-based European Union Institute for Security Studies Nicu Popescu. In an interview for Radio Free Europe, he stated that it is absolutely logical for an agreement with the international backers and any other international accord to be signed with a government that represents a majority in Parliament.

“This approach in the relations with Moldova is very logical. It is evident that the main difficulty is related to the fact that Moldova, which in the first five years of declared pro-European government was a so-called ‘success story’ with rather cordial relations with the EU and the U.S., has significantly worsened its image in the West during the past year owing to its governments and now the openness to Moldova is not so great,” said the expert.

According to Nicu Popescu, the approach to Moldova will be and already is much harsher because the irregularities in the legal system continue, especially in the banking system. This shows that the reforms in Moldova didn’t actually go as well and as deeper as it was hoped initially. After Moldova was a country with one of the highest economic growth in Europe, in over a year it brought its financial solvency into question.

As to the possible candidates for premiership, Nicu Popescu said the name of the future Premier is now not so important. What really matters is for the Prime Minister to be able to assert himself when taking correct measures needed to stabilize the economic situation. Moldova cannot have a weak government. At this stage, it needs an energetic, rapid, decisive and reformist government and there are many methods by which such government can be implemented.