EU flags. File photoCHISINAU, June 9. The Presidium of the European Parliament called on the heads of state and government of the EU countries to grant Moldova and Ukraine candidate status for EU membership, Romanian MEP Siegfried Muresan said on his social media pages on Thursday. Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed an application for the republic's accession to the European Union on March 3. European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Policy Oliver Varheli on April 11 in Luxembourg handed over questionnaires to the Foreign Ministers of Georgia and Moldova to start the procedure for joining the EU. Moldova handed over the first part of the questionnaire to the EU representative on April 22, the second on May 12. decision on the applications of Moldova and Ukraine on the status of candidate states. The discussion will take place at the meeting of the European Council, which will be held from June 23 to 24,» Mureshan said. The MP added that «the time has come for other European institutions to more clearly show their support for the European path of Ukraine and Moldova, granting the status of a candidate state for the two countries.» Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Moldova, Nicu Popescu, said that the European Commission would express its position next week on granting Moldova the status of a candidate country for EU accession.
The MEP excluded the entry Moldova in the EU in the next 15-20 years
