Moldovan Prime Minister Dorin Recean said that the European integration process will help the republic gain a strong economy and a fair justice system.
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“I repeat, we are doing all this so that we have a strong economy, a fair justice system that meets the interests of citizens, and the administrative capacity of the government to implement all programs. We, like Romania, like other countries that have gone through the same path, We will use the funds allocated in the pre-EU accession phase, and therefore we must be able to absorb and invest,” Recan told reporters.
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Asked whether there might be obstacles to the EU’s accession process once Hungary takes over the presidency, the Prime Minister expressed confidence that this would not affect the progress of the negotiations.
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“All EU member states agree on one very important thing: the European enlargement project will make it more united, more prosperous and more secure. At the same time, it is important to understand that we are conducting these negotiations with the European Commission, which has continuity in organizing the negotiation process with Moldova, and we have the necessary support,” the prime minister explained.
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Earlier, a high-ranking European source reported that the EU would officially launch negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine on membership in the European Union on June 25; substantive negotiations would start later, usually in a year.
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The status of an EU candidate country, as well as the start of negotiations, does not necessarily mean that the country will join the European Union; these steps also do not oblige Brussels to anything. Turkey has been in candidate status since 1999, and has been “conducting” membership negotiations with the EU since 2005, North Macedonia has been a candidate since 2005, Montenegro since 2010, Serbia since 2012. Croatia was the last country to join the EU in 2013; the process took 10 years.
