Brussels follows attentively the political developments on the Moldovan arena, especially the electoral ones, political commentator Anatol Taranu was quoted by IPN as saying in the talk show “Fabrika” produced by Publika TV channel.
“No one in Brussels is interested in financing a government that could affront Europe and could inverse this course that has been financed by the European Union so abundantly since 2009,” said Anatol Taranu.
The analyst believes the EU took a break in disbursing the funds namely because it wants to see the configuration of the government in Moldova after this autumn’s parliamentary elections. In such conditions, the first installment of the promised assistance will arrive before the elections.
Director of the Market Economy Institute Roman Chirca said the recovery of the economy in 2016 after the recession of 2015 and stabilization of public finances were based on the support provided by the development partners and international financial-banking institutions. “We now have the €100 million promised by the EU and the loans of US$ 178 million provided by the International Monetary Fund,” he stated. According to Roman Chirca, the largest part of these funds will come after 2018 and are not intended as support for the current Government.
Moldova is to fulfill two more conditions to be able to receive the first installment of the macro-financial assistance provided by the EU – to ensure the full functionality of the National Integrity Authority and to adopt an additional budget for the anticorruption institutions to be able to work, Commissioner for European Neighborhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn stated after the meeting of the Moldova – EU Association Council held in Brussels on May 3. According to the European official, the first installment could reach Moldova in July or in autumn, IPN reports.
