It was President Voronin who initiated European integration process, European official

The EU Special Representative for Moldova Kalman Mizsei said the assertions that the Communist government in Moldova meant only negative things are not true. In a program on Radio Moldova, the European official said the relations between the European Union and Moldova started to develop in 2007, when it started work in Moldova, Info-Prim Neo reports. “It was Prescient Voronin who initiated the European integration process. When Voronin was in power, there was signed the Plan of Action between Moldova and the EU. This plan was not fully implemented, but there were taken a number of measures,” the EU Special Representative said. Kalman Mizsei said that when the Communists came to power, the EU started to play a greater role in the Transnistrian conflict settlement talks. It is true that before the elections of 2009, the EU was dissatisfied with a number of issues, including the freedom of the media in Moldova, Moldova's inadequate participation in the Eastern Partnership program. Anyway, there were taken a number of positive steps, said the European official.