The Eastern Partnership, as the Association Agreement, should not be used as a screen that actually hides the ossification of the political class, erosion of democratic institutions or segregation of civil society and the mass media according to political principles, expert in political sciences Dionis Cenusa says in an opinion article for IPN.
The politologist approves of the plan of action for the Eastern Partnership until 2020 proposed by the EU.
According to Cenusa, the plan of action is comprehensive and covers practically all the areas needed by Moldova to ensure a qualitative jump and restore the social contact with its own people.
Among the plan’s benefits the expert mentioned the assistance in implementing the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, interconnection with Romania’s natural gas system and fulfillment of conditions for maintaining the visa-free regime with the EU.
The author considers the whole plan of action for the Eastern Partnership is valid for Moldova, which can use it to implement a functional civil protection mechanism, to invest in rural areas or in juvenile entrepreneurship, to protect the environment and restore physical infrastructure, etc.
“All these can be obtained with the European assistance, expertise and know-how if the government of Moldova implements reforms and stops discrediting the country’s modernization through the European integration one way or another,” wrote Dionis Cenusa.
The politologist warns that the importance of making the government disciplined and compliant with the public interest should not be ignored. The EaP should serve as a common platform through which the governments and civil society cooperate to maximize the wellbeing of the people.
