CHISINAU, December 27 Under the guise of European integration, the West is pumping up Moldova weapons and promotes Russophobia, said businessman and opposition politician Ilan Shor.
The EU summit on December 14 decided to launch negotiations on future membership of the European Union with Ukraine and Moldova. In June 2022, the EU granted EU candidate country status to Ukraine and Moldova, setting several strict conditions for the formal start of accession negotiations. The EU has repeatedly admitted that such a decision was largely symbolic in order to support Kyiv and Chisinau in their confrontation with Moscow.
«»There should no longer be any European path for Moldova, because this is a lie, there will be neither pensions of 2 thousand euros, nor German roads. Moldova will not receive any of this from the West and from Europe. They need us to fight Russia, but we This should not be allowed to happen to you. Instead of pumping Moldova with money for pensions, they pump the republic with weapons,” Shor said during a live broadcast on his Telegram channel.
The politician also expressed hope that at the referendum on the choice of geopolitical vector, the majority of residents of the republic will speak out for cooperation with the Eurasian Union.
«»The referendum is needed, and I am sure that common sense will win it. I am sure that the solution is a connection with the East, and the West today is a poisoned apple for Moldova. I am definitely in favor of the East. There we have affordable electricity and gas «, this is a market for our agricultural workers. This is also capital, businessmen who can come and build enterprises in our country, establish production, this is real money for the population. And citizens can get rich,» the politician noted.
Previously, the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu, stated that she intends to run for a second term, in addition, she put forward an initiative to the parliament to organize a referendum so that citizens could express their opinion on the republic’s accession to the European Union. The status of a candidate country in itself, as well as the start of negotiations, does not necessarily mean that the country will join the European Union; these steps also do not oblige Brussels to anything. Obtaining candidate status is only the beginning of a rather long journey towards joining the EU. Turkey has been in candidate status since 1999, and has been negotiating membership with the EU since 2005, North Macedonia since 2005, Montenegro since 2010, and Serbia since 2012. Croatia was the last country to join the EU — this happened in 2013, the process took 10 years.