At 22 years of independence, Moldova is close to initialing the Association Agreement with the EU, which envisions the creation of a free trade area. Thus, we will associate politically and will integrate economically into a market with over 500 million people, Prime Minister Iurile Leanca said in an interview for IPN.
The head of Government stated that Moldova’s course from the historical declaration of independence saw both positive events such as the implementation of laws and reforms aimed at creating viable state institutions, and negative events. “With the return of the Communist Party to power in 2001, the state was subdued to the will of one person – the party leader – while the institutions became paralyze,” said the official.
Iurie Leanca underlined that Moldova knows where it wants to get to and what it has to do: to become a fully-fledged member of the EU by doing internal reforms and by promoting the same values and institution functioning models so that the people have confidence in the country’s European future.
Moldovan plans to initial the Association Agreement at the Eastern Partnership Summit of November 29. Also then, Moldova may be allowed to initiate the discussions on the liberalization of visas with the EU member states.
