President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, has signed a decree to initiate negotiations for her country's accession to the European Union. As the president says, Moldova has fulfilled all the recommendations of the European Commission.
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"Thus, two years after receiving candidate status, the first Moldova-EU intergovernmental conference will be held on June 25, laying the foundation for accession negotiations. Behind the country's modernization efforts are thousands of people employed in state agencies, each of whom plays a decisive role in achieving our goal of preparing the country for EU membership by 2030.
Membership in the European Union is the only path of development through which we can ensure peace, prosperity, and a better life for all our citizens.
In the autumn referendum, the population of the Republic of Moldova will decide whether this direction of development is the legacy we wish to leave for future generations," said Maia Sandu after the meeting of the National European Integration Commission.
The general position of the negotiations was adopted at the meeting, which will be approved by the government. Additionally, Cristina Gerasimov, the Vice Prime Minister for European Integration, was appointed as the chief negotiator.
"I wish success to our delegation, which will start negotiations in Luxembourg next week," said Maia Sandu.
Recently, the European Commission announced that Ukraine and Moldova meet all the criteria for the official start of negotiations to join the European Union.
Moldova and Georgia submitted their official applications for EU membership in March 2022, following the onset of the war by Russia in Ukraine, with Ukraine being the first to do so. In June of the same year, the European Council granted Ukraine and Moldova candidate status for EU membership, while recognizing only Georgia's European perspective. Additionally, the European Commission provided all three countries with recommendations to be implemented in order to progress to the next stage of the accession process. In December 2023, the European Council granted candidate status to Georgia and decided to commence negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova.
