| Author (Person) | Chirilă, Victor |
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| Series Title | European Union Foreign Affairs Journal |
| Series Details | No.2, 2014 |
| Publication Date | July 2014 |
| ISSN | 2190-6122 |
| Content Type | Journal | Series | Blog |
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During the last five years, the Republic of Moldova noted a series of progresses in developing its partnership with the European Union (EU) which reveals an obvious trend of moving closer to the EU. The Association Agreement with the EU can be a historic turning point in the subsequent evolution of our country. This is a unique chance for giving a stronger impetus to the modernization process of the Republic of Moldova, having European integration as its reform vehicle. Are the political class and the society able to build on this opportunity? Are we able to assure the irreversibility of Moldova’s European integration? These are the questions that still have to be answered by Moldovans. The liberalization of the visa regime with the EU is an eloquent proof that we can mobilize to accomplish the desired goal that we have enough resources for acting when we know what we want to achieve, where there is adequate solidarity of the political class, when national interests prevail over party interests. However, the implementation of the Association Agreement will be a task much harder to achieve, especially, in the current regional and domestic context that is rather complicated. There is a series of worrying trends which, if left alone, could divert or slow down the enforcement of the commitments assumed via the Association Agreement with the EU. |
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| Source Link | http://www.libertas-institut.com/de/EUFAJ/eufaj_2_2014.pdf |
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| Countries / Regions | Moldova |
