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Political difficulties hinder the proper implementation of reforms undertaken towards the EU

Tuesday, 17 February 20155888 views
Political difficulties hinder the proper implementation of reforms undertaken towards the EU

Automatically translated summary. The full article is available in Romanian.

The Association for Participatory Democracy ADEPT and Expert-Grup have presented a new edition of their quarterly publication “EUROMONITOR” in Chișinău. It describes the main developments and shortcomings in implementing the EU-Moldova Action Plan between October and December 2014. The document can be downloaded from www.expert-grup.org.

Justice remains poorly trusted: 70% of respondents in the November 2014 Public Opinion Barometer have little or no confidence in it. The delayed prosecution reform caused Moldova to miss EUR 1.8 million in EU budget support, and the failure to adopt the 2015 Budget increases uncertainty. Trade with the EU accelerated after the European Parliament ratified the Association Agreement, raising duty-free quotas to 40,000 tonnes of apples, 10,000 tonnes of table grapes and 10,000 tonnes of plums.

Progress included the 2015-2017 integrated state border management strategy, simpler phytosanitary certificates, a trading licence issued in 7 days instead of about 70, a gas contract with Romania at USD 276.6 per 1,000 cubic metres, and a EUR 52.5 million EBRD deal for the railways. Adrian Lupușor stressed that a functional, professional and responsible Government is increasingly hard to achieve in the current political circumstances.

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