{"id":445555,"date":"2018-05-24T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2018-05-24T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=445555"},"modified":"2018-05-24T13:43:54","modified_gmt":"2018-05-24T13:43:54","slug":"state-secret-finance-ministry-refuses-publish-eu-letter-appreciating-moldovas-progress-e100-mln-pact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/state-secret-finance-ministry-refuses-publish-eu-letter-appreciating-moldovas-progress-e100-mln-pact\/","title":{"rendered":"“State secret”: Finance Ministry refuses to publish EU letter “appreciating Moldova’s progress” on \u20ac100 mln. pact"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

22 May 2018- Newsmaker.md was refused by the Finance Ministry to obtain a copy of the letter of the European Commission on the fulfillment of the first 10 priority actions, necessary for disbursement of the \u20ac100 million fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Signed by Finance Minister Octavian Arma\u0219u, the refusal<\/a> letter explains to Newsmaker that the letter contains information that is subject to the “state secret” protection due to the national security risks of publishing it.<\/p>\n

In March 2018<\/a>, Arma\u0219u declared that the letter from the DG ECFIN (European Commission) appreciated the efforts of the Moldovan authorities on the fulfillment of the first 10\u00a0(28, in total)<\/a> conditions from the agreement on the 100 million euros macro-financial assistance.<\/p>\n

This “appreciating” letter was then requested by the Chi\u0219in\u0103u-based Center for Policy and Reforms (CPR Moldova), but the request was refused on the claim that NGOs cannot request information from the state institutions. Now, CPR Moldova is suing the Finance Ministry<\/a> for violating the access to information laws, suggesting that an NGO is nothing but an association of individuals, which should freely access information of public interest. Moreover, CPR is asking the Ministry to present a copy of the report on the implementation of the first 10 conditions for the disbursement of the first tranche of those 100 million euros.<\/p>\n

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On 23 November 2017, the Republic of Moldova signed the agreement with the European Union regarding the macro-financial assistance of 100 million euros: 40 million of grants and 60 million as a loan. The so-called MFA was requested in August 2015 and in March 2016 by the Moldovan authorities. After long debates on the conditionality, the European Parliament, and the EU Council came to an agreement to offer Moldova the macro-financial assistance for 2 years and a half in three tranches, whose disbursement is conditioned by a certain list of criteria. According to the\u00a0agreement<\/a>, the European Commission will monitor the progress on key reforms together with the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>22 May 2018- Newsmaker.md was refused by the Finance Ministry to obtain a copy of the letter of the European Commission on the fulfillment of the first 10 priority actions, necessary for disbursement of the \u20ac100 million fund. Signed by Finance Minister Octavian Arma\u0219u, the refusal letter explains to Newsmaker that the letter contains information […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":445142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-445555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economy","category-politics","tag-important"],"content_social_share":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

22 May 2018- Newsmaker.md was refused by the Finance Ministry to obtain a copy of the letter of the European Commission on the fulfillment of the first 10 priority actions, necessary for disbursement of the \u20ac100 million fund<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Signed by Finance Minister Octavian Arma\u0219u, the refusal<\/a> letter explains to Newsmaker that the letter contains information that is subject to the “state secret” protection due to the national security risks of publishing it.<\/p>\n

In March 2018<\/a>, Arma\u0219u declared that the letter from the DG ECFIN (European Commission) appreciated the efforts of the Moldovan authorities on the fulfillment of the first 10\u00a0(28, in total)<\/a> conditions from the agreement on the 100 million euros macro-financial assistance.<\/p>\n

This “appreciating” letter was then requested by the Chi\u0219in\u0103u-based Center for Policy and Reforms (CPR Moldova), but the request was refused on the claim that NGOs cannot request information from the state institutions. Now, CPR Moldova is suing the Finance Ministry<\/a> for violating the access to information laws, suggesting that an NGO is nothing but an association of individuals, which should freely access information of public interest. Moreover, CPR is asking the Ministry to present a copy of the report on the implementation of the first 10 conditions for the disbursement of the first tranche of those 100 million euros.<\/p>\n

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On 23 November 2017, the Republic of Moldova signed the agreement with the European Union regarding the macro-financial assistance of 100 million euros: 40 million of grants and 60 million as a loan. The so-called MFA was requested in August 2015 and in March 2016 by the Moldovan authorities. After long debates on the conditionality, the European Parliament, and the EU Council came to an agreement to offer Moldova the macro-financial assistance for 2 years and a half in three tranches, whose disbursement is conditioned by a certain list of criteria. According to the\u00a0agreement<\/a>, the European Commission will monitor the progress on key reforms together with the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n

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