The EU risks alienating the Moldovan population if it fails to take a tougher line with the country’s pro-European parties

The EU signed an association agreement with Moldova in 2014. Denis Cenusa writes on the EU’s relations with the country since 2009, when a pro-European alliance of parties first came to power. He argues that the failure of these parties to successfully address the issue of corruption is having a damaging effect on the European integration movement within Moldova, and that the EU should more readily apply conditionality to encourage the government to pursue necessary reforms.

ESO: Background information: Moldova: Europe's next powder keg? http://www.europeansources.info/record/moldova-europes-next-powder-keg/

Website: Expert-Grup http://www.expert-grup.org/en/

ECFR: Commentary, 02.03.15: Moldova after the elections: Politics overtakes reform http://www.ecfr.eu/article/commentary_moldova_after_the_elections_politics_overtakes_reform311259

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