The European Union is apparently making the last attempt to help the Republic of Moldova overcome the profound political crisis and to regain the possibility of initialing the Association Agreement at the Vilnius Summit of this autumn, Victor Chirila, executive director of the Foreign Policy Association (APE), said, commenting on the visit by MEPs Jacek Protasiewicz and Libor Roucek, who came to Chisinau to consider ways of solving the political crisis with Moldovan political leaders. Victor Chirila formulated this opinion in an interview for INP titled “Moldova is close to becoming politically and institutionally failed state”, which was published on May 27, 2013.
“It is rather a sign that our partners from the EU are very concerned about the political developments in Moldova, which threaten to ruin our European aspirations. I do not exclude that this visit may be the last serious attempt of the EU to help us come out of the current political crisis so that we finish the negotiations on the Association Agreement as soon as possible and obtain the endorsement of the EU member states in order to initial the agreement at the Eastern Partnership Summit of Vilnius,” said the APE executive director.
According to him, Moldova lost the status of “success story of the Eastern Partnership” owing to the political class’s inability to manage the political crisis generated by the tragic hunting of last yearend, which involved state officials.
“The “marvel child of the Eastern Partnership” no longer exists and the blame is borne by the three components of the former Alliance for European Integration, which didn’t succeed in managing a political crisis generated by the tragic hunting incident in the Domneasca Forest. Moreover, by their irresponsible actions, they swelled it to the extent to which it undermined the credibility and functionality of the main state institutions: the Constitutional Court, the Presidential Office, Parliament, the Government, and the whole legal system. After five months of political anarchy, Moldova is very close to becoming a politically and institutionally failed state that will be ignored by its main foreign partners,” stated Victor Chirila.
“Currently, the former allies of the AEI can avoid the disaster and restore people’s confidence only by immediately forming a pro-European Government that would include personalities who weren’t discredited by the current political scandal, with firm political support and a convincing reform agenda.”
