The Moldovan authorities’ statement about the possibility of submitting an application for EU membership next years is a PR action, said experts invited to the talk show “Expertise hour” on Jurnal TV channel, IPN reports.
“This is so ridiculous that it is not worth discussing the issue. A particular procedure should be obeyed before submitting an application. Now we cannot speak at least about normal relations with the EU, not to mention the accession. This is manipulation and an attempt by the government to maintain the authoritarian regime,” said the chairman of the Liberal Democratic Party of Moldova Viorel Cibotaru.
Stefan Gligor, programs director at the Center for Structural Politics and Reforms, said the authorities’ intention to submit an application for EU membership next year is absurd. “I want the people to understand that this is a cynical, absurd and ridiculous statement. Our rulers probably live in a parallel world and do not realize what is going on. The Republic of Moldova has the worst government not only in Eastern Europe, but all over the world. In many regards, we are outstripped by African states,” he noted.
Journalist Vasile Nastase said submitting an application for EU membership now would look like a poor old man proposing to a girl who just won the Miss Universe contest.
Speaker of Parliament Andrian Candu last week said that Moldova could submit an applicator for obtaining the status of candidate for EU membership in 2018.
