On 3 March, the Moldovan authorities announced the country’s application to join the European Union (see EUROPE B12903A11), following hot on the heels of similar announcements from Ukraine and Georgia. The Republic of Moldova is probably the least well-known of these three states: this alone makes it well worth taking a closer look, but its geographical position and political situation on the doorstep of a Ukraine at war gives us an additional reason.
Since the Russian attack, nearly...