CHISINAU, Sep 6 Chisinau Mayor and Leader opposition party in Moldova, the National Alternative Movement (NAD/MAN), Ion Ceban called on the central authorities of the republic to publish a report on the expenditure of 1.2 billion euros provided by the European Union.
Earlier, the head of the EU delegation to Moldova, Janis Mazejks, said that since October 2021, the republic has received support in the amount of 1.2 billion euros from the European Union, the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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“We have prepared three petitions to the authorities of the republic demanding to submit a report on the expenditure of 1.2 billion euros provided to Moldova by the European Union. Unfortunately, all information is hidden, it is published in parts, contracts, purchases, negotiations are hidden. We demand transparency in these processes. The ruling party «Action and Solidarity» stated that she would fight corruption and advocated maximum transparency in this matter. However, it completely discredited the idea of transparency both for budgetary funds and those received from outside,” Ceban said at a briefing on Wednesday.
Moldovan President Maia Sandu signed an application for the republic’s accession to the European Union in March last year, noting that the process of European integration must be accelerated. The heads of state and government of the European Union at the summit in Brussels on June 23 approved granting Ukraine and Moldova the status of candidates for EU membership. The European Commission put forward nine conditions for Moldova to fulfill in order to join the union.
The majority of Moldovans are in favor of maintaining economic, political and cultural ties with the Russian Federation, according to a poll published in mid-March by the Republic's Institute of Marketing and Sociological Surveys (IMAS). The survey also showed that more than half of Moldovans oppose the country's exit from the CIS, and that many citizens are dissatisfied with the standard of living and believe that the country's leadership is guilty of raising the price of gas and electricity.