{"id":15409,"date":"2018-10-10T10:08:09","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T08:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/en\/?p=15409"},"modified":"2021-11-26T10:46:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-26T09:46:39","slug":"eu-association-efforts-meps-criticise-moldova","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanrights-online.org\/az\/eu-association-efforts-meps-criticise-moldova\/","title":{"rendered":"EU association efforts: MEPs criticise Moldova"},"content":{"rendered":"
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EU association efforts: MEPs criticise Moldova<\/h1>\n

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    Moldova is captured by oligarchic interests<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
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    Moldova is backsliding on democratic standards and rule of law, while Georgia is on good reform track, said Foreign affairs MEPs on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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    Committee MEPs took stock of the implementation of the EU association agreements with Moldova and Georgia, which entered into force two years ago, highlighting areas that need additional efforts for countries to get closer to the EU.<\/p>\n

    Moldova<\/strong><\/p>\n

    The implementation of reforms to which Moldova has committed must be a top priority, underlines the resolution on Moldova. MEPs are concerned the country is backsliding in relations to democratic standards, rule of law, lack of fair and transparent elections as well as impartial judiciary, insufficient anti-corruption and anti-money laundering efforts. Still, they praise those leading the efforts, which should be pursued, to reform the banking sector following the 2014 bank fraud of USD 1 billion.<\/p>\n

    Moldova is captured by oligarchic interests with a concentration of economic and political power in the hands of a small group of people exerting their influence on parliament, the government, political parties, the state administration, the police, the judiciary and the media, the text says.<\/p>\n

    Foreign affairs MEPs urge the Moldovan authorities to address these concerns, reaffirming its position on halting EU financial support to Chisinau until after the February 2019 parliamentary elections, should they be conducted in line with internationally recognised standards and assessed by specialised international bodies, and until meaningful progress in democratic standards. In the meantime, this support should be relocated to mostly support Moldova\u2019s civil society and independent media, they add.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIt is regretful that today we must speak of Moldova as a state, in which the basic elements of democracy and the rule of law are severely endangered by a handful of people. The implementation of key parts of the Association Agreement are lacking. I am only hopeful that this report will be a much needed wake-up call for the authorities in Chisinau. The future of EU-Moldova relations now very much depend on the how the next parliamentary elections are run. It is not about who wins, it\u2019s about how they win\u201d, said Parliaments\u2019 rapporteur on Moldova Petras Au\u0161trevi\u010dius (ALDE, LT)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

    The resolution on Moldova was approved by 31 vote to 5, with 17 abstentions.<\/p><\/div>\n

    Source: www.europarl.europa.eu<\/a><\/p>\n