There is political consensus in the European Parliament about the support for the Republic of Moldova, the deputy chairman of the European Social Democraic Party (PSDE) Yeremey Prisyazhnyuk said after MEP of PDS Romania Victor Negrescu on Wednesday asked from the European Parliamenr’s rostrum to open EU-Moldova accession negtoations. The deputy chairman of the PSDE noted that despite the support for the opening of accession negotiations, which exists in the European chancelleries, the official Chisinau hasn’t made considerable progress in implementing reforms, primarily in the justice sector and in the fight against corruption, IPN reports.
On October 4, Romanian MEP Siegfried Mureșan called on the European Parliament to open the EU-Moldova accession negotiations by the end of this year. A similar request in the European Parliament was made by Romanian MEP Victor Negrescu.
“The European Parliament is represented by a number of political families. We are glad that there is a decision of all the big political families in the European Parliament, including the Social-Democrats. MEP Victor Negrescu in Parliament reiterated the support for the Republic of Moldova and requested the European Commission to open accession negations. We are glad that there is political consensus in the European Parliament. All the political forces show maturity as regards the support for the Republic of Moldova,” Yeremey Prisyazhnyuk stated in the program “Reflection Points” on Vocea Basarabiei station.
The PSDE deputy chairman noted that the government hasn’t made headway in implementing the nine recommendations put forward by the European Commission. The justice sector reform has stagnated, while the government’s efforts to clear the system through the extraordinary assessment of judges and prosecutors do not produce results.
“The Republic of Moldova earlier also had historic chances. It is important to do our homework well. We see the accomplishments in the justice sector reform, in the fight against corruption. There are so many reforms that we got stuck. If the PSDE had been in power, we would have adopted a strategy to specify the actions that must be taken. We now see daily improvisation, chaotic actions. There is no clear view about the necessary measures and who needs to be engaged. A reform cannot be done without involving all the stakeholders in the process. According to the Venice Commission’s recommendations, broad consensus among political parties is needed in all the reforms and society should be involved in the process. We didn’t see this consensus in the process of reforming the justice sector,” said Yeremey Prisyazhnyuk.
Today, the European Parliament is to adopt a resolution to ask that the EU-Moldova accession negotiations should be opened by the end of this year. A final decision is taken by consensus by the European Council based on the European Commission’s report.
