Following the official opening of accession negotiations with Moldova at the Intergovernmental Conference on 25 June (see EUROPE B13440A8), the European Commissioner for Enlargement, Olivér Várhelyi, visited the Moldovan Republic to officially mark the start of the process.
Moldova faces a number of challenges on the road to EU membership, mainly in terms of its economic situation and the judicial and administrative reforms that need to be undertaken (see EUROPE B13436A31).
Despite this,...