Brussels, 17/11/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 16 November, the president of the Parliament of Moldova, Andrian Candu, called on the Moldovan political class to take the reform decisions needed for their country. Moldova's fourth prime minster (just in 2015), Valeriu Strelet, has had to confront a motion of no-confidence (see EUROPE 11422).
“The ball is in our court for us to work (…) Time is pressing and the beautiful declarations must be translated into actions. This is what the Moldovan political class must do or otherwise it will not win back the trust of the people, and the political crisis will continue”, Strelet told the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee.
He admitted “the great disappointment of the people with regard to the political class” in his country. “Because there have been delays in the reform of the institutions, of the judiciary, and of the banking system. We have lost credibility and trust from the citizens - and also from our partners, including the EU institutions”, he said. “It's up to us to win back your trust by way of the reforms that we must launch”, he added, regretting that Moldova has lost its status of “one of the successes of the neighbourhood” due to structural problems.
In Candu's view, Moldova wants to create a specialised unit, a national agency that would gather the efforts of all the institutions responsible for implementing the agreement with the EU. He said that 15% of the association agreement was already being applied. “With your help, we have succeeded in moving from the Russian market to the European market, particularly at a time when Russia was imposing an embargo on the Moldovan market”, Candu said, adding that his country had made a “Herculean effort” to approve the legislative acts linked to visa liberalisation.
Candu wanted a parliamentary majority to be created “as soon as possible” to enable the formation of a new government and to begin discussions as quickly as possible with the International Monetary Fund to obtain a programme for the next three years. A programme with the IMF is essential for any new macro-financial assistance from the EU. (Original version in French by Camille-Cerise Gessant)