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Integrarea europeană a Republicii Moldova: realizări şi obstacole
The European Integration of the Republic of Moldova: Achievements and Obstacles

Author(s): Aurelian Lavric
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: Editura Lumen, Asociatia Lumen
Keywords: European integration; European Neighbourhood Policy; Eastern Partnership; Partnership and Cooperation Agreements; European Union; NATO

Summary/Abstract: Within the process of the European integration of the Republic of Moldova, in the public space of the country, a few myths are used, which are obstacles from this regard. Though all the former Moldovan presidents or prime-ministers claim merits for progresses in the European integration, the Republic of Moldova is out of the European Union and still far away of becoming a member. In the last period of time the Republic of Moldova is called “a success story” of the Eastern Partnership. Nevertheless the economic achievements and other results of the reforms are not so good. A myth is that the Republic of Moldova can be recieved in the EU with the unsolved so called Transnistrian conflict. However, Cyprus can not serve as a precedent. There are many messages from Brussels that say that never an other state with an unsolved territorial conflict will be accepted as a member of the EU. The administration from Tiraspol is an Russian tool of preasure on the Government from Chisinau in order to change the direction from West to East. The Russian factor is yet important in the process of the approaching of the RM to the EU, also because the Republic of Moldova depends on the Russian gas and market.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 157-174
  • Page Count: 18
  • Language: Romanian