The annual implementing report on the EU association agreement with the Republic of Moldova
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The annual implementing report on the EU association agreement with the Republic of Moldova

The annual monitoring report on Moldova is the first report of the European Parliament related to any of the Eastern Partnership associate countries, since the start of the Russian war of aggression on Ukraine.

The report has been updated accordingly in light of those events. The republic of Moldova is the only non-EU member state which is a frontline country of this conflict. More than 400.000 Ukrainian refugees have crossed the border into the republic of Moldova. Some 95.000 have decided to stay in Moldova, half of them being children in school age.

This report welcomes the results of the 2020 elections in the republic of Moldova, which gave a strong impetus for political and economic reform, giving a genuine opportunity to breakaway with the state-capture past of the country. The report welcomes the submission of the membership application by the Republic of Moldova to the European Union on 3 March 2022 and calls on the European institutions to work towards granting the Republic of Moldova a candidate status in line with article 49 TEU and on the basis of merit and in the meantime to work for its integration to the single market.

The report calls on a more strategic approach towards cooperation with the Republic of Moldova and to establish on the level of the European Commission a Support Group for the Republic of Moldova, modelled on the one established for Ukraine, providing necessary technical assistance in support of the reform effort.

The report recognises the great economic strain that the Republic of Moldova is under following the start of the war in Ukraine resulting in disruption of trade with three of its important partners (Russia, Ukraine and Belarus) and further macro-economic instability, resulting in higher inflation (approximately 20%) affecting negatively the purchasing power of the Moldovan people. It therefore calls on international financial institutions and the EU to provide additional financial support to stabilise the macro-economic situation of the country and ensure its further development.

On the issue of the Transnistria region the report supports a comprehensive and peaceful settlement based on the sovereignty and territorial integrity of the Republic of Moldova within its internationally recognised borders and with a special status for the region.