{"id":448357,"date":"2020-06-04T18:27:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-04T18:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/?p=448357"},"modified":"2020-06-05T13:38:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-05T13:38:59","slug":"the-romanian-meps-criticism-chances-are-that-moldova-wont-receive-another-disbursement-in-the-eu-macro-financial-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-romanian-meps-criticism-chances-are-that-moldova-wont-receive-another-disbursement-in-the-eu-macro-financial-assistance\/","title":{"rendered":"The Romanian MEPs&#8217; criticism &#8211; chances are that Moldova won&#8217;t receive another disbursement in the EU macro-financial assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>In the context of the pandemic crisis and the discussions regarding a new disbursement in the EU macro-financial assistance, the activity of the Moldovan authorities provoked a new wave of criticism from some members of the European Parliament (MEPs).<\/p>\n<p>The MEP and Rapporteur for the Republic of Moldova, <strong>Dragos Tudorache<\/strong>, criticized the recent activity of President Igor Dodon and Prime Minister Ion Chicu, stating that both are not doing enough for the Republic of Moldova to follow its European path, while oscillating between Brussels and Moscow.<\/p>\n[aesop_character img=&#8221;http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/tudorache.gif&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_circle=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><em>&#8220;Many of us in Brussels are trying our best to support the interests of the Republic of Moldova, hoping that the promises made for the second disbursement of the macro-financial agreement will be fulfilled by Chisinau authorities. I wrote to the European Commissioners asking them to look for a solution even for a new disbursement. I had discussions with many Moldovan ministers and parliamentary leaders. Everyone assured me that efforts are being made to bring the bills on the conditionality of financial agreement to the Parliament. After the deadlines for their commitments have been missed, President and Prime Minister stated that they do not want these bills to be adopted by Parliament and will ignore even the will of the Parliament where they have a majority,&#8221;<\/em> stated the EU official.<\/p>\n<p>Both Prime Minister Ion Chicu and President Igor Dodon opposed the adoption of the <strong>Law on non-profit organisations&#8217; activity<\/strong>, which represents a conditionality imposed by the EU for making a new disbursement in the EU macro-financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The most important provisions of the law involve <span style=\"color: #993300\">the impossibility of non-profit organisations (NPO) to provide financial support or free services\u00a0 to candidates during an election campaign.<\/span> Also, NPOs cannot financially support or provide free services to political parties and socio-political organisations, except the non-profit organisations created by political parties &#8211; those may provide free services to political entities in order to strengthen their capacities.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was adopted by the Government of Moldova in 2018, being voted by the Parliament at first reading. However, it didn&#8217;t go any further. <em>&#8220;Everyone insists on adopting the bill, because it is clearly written that NPOs can provide services to political parties and receive funding from abroad. This means that someone from abroad can found a NPO, for which millions of euros are given, and start political activity here. This basically means interference in the politics of the Republic of Moldova. We are turning into a primitive republic, run by NPOs? Why do we need Parliament, Government, Presidency then?&#8221;<\/em> speculated <strong>Igor Dodon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition claimed there is another reason why socialists don&#8217;t want this bill voted. <em>&#8220;Some political parties created foundations to receive dubious financial support through them. Under this law, NPOs will not be able to provide political support for political parties, either for a fee or free of charge, during election campaigns. That is the whole problem Dodon has,&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/stiri\/stiri-sociale\/legea-cu-privire-la-organizatiile-necomerciale-de-ce-societatea-civila-si-opozitia-sunt-pro-iar-socialistii-si-dodon-contra\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0 the opposition MP <strong>Dinu Plangau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">See also:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/promo-lex-estimates-1902-million-lei-as-failed-expenses-to-report-to-the-central-electoral-commission-by-the-political-parties-in-2019\/\">Promo-LEX estimates: 19,02 million lei as failed expenses to be reported to the Central Electoral Commission by the political parties in 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The member of the European Parliament<strong>\u00a0Siegfried Muresan<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/tvrmoldova.md\/actualitate\/punctul-pe-azi-cu-europarlamentarul-siegfried-muresan-astazi-de-la-19-00\/\">believes<\/a> that the current Government led by Ion Chicu <span style=\"color: #993300\">will no longer be able to obtain a disbursement as a part of the macro-financial support granted by the European Union.<\/span> According to him, this missed chance would be\u00a0a great failure, affecting the citizens of the Republic of Moldova who no longer can take advantage of these resources.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, the Romanian MEP criticized the Government of Moldova, claiming that the country is lagging behind in terms of implementing reforms. <em>&#8220;The Government failed to manage the COVID-19 crisis, as it also failed to implement reforms,&#8221;<\/em> Muresan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiegfriedMEP\/posts\/3113672632029991\">said<\/a>. The EU official also mentioned that the\u00a0report published by the European Parliamentary Research Service on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with the Republic of Moldova described the same social and political issues as 5 years ago.<\/p>\n[aesop_character img=&#8221;http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/muresan2.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_circle=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><em>&#8220;Political instability, frequent government changes and recent political events have significantly contributed to slowing down the pace of implementation of reforms. In addition, a number of events have led to a deterioration of democratic standards and the rule of law, according to the European Parliament&#8217;s report. All those reforms demanded by the EU would have strengthened the institutions of the Republic of Moldova, would have reduced corruption and incompetence in the institutions, and Moldova would have been better prepared to defend its citizens against the COVID-19 crisis,&#8221;<\/em> the MEP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiegfriedMEP\/posts\/3113672632029991\">mentioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ion Chicu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ionchicu.md\/posts\/175972587208923]\">overreacted<\/a> making a scandalous statement on social media:<em>&#8220;The opinion of our citizens about the activity of the Government and the criticism of Moldovans matters to us. The concerted attacks of some figures, with pretensions of Moldovan lawyers, can only impress their patrons,&#8221;<\/em> replied Chicu.<\/p>\n<p>Source: AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span>In the context of the pandemic crisis and the discussions regarding a new disbursement in the EU macro-financial assistance, the activity of the Moldovan authorities provoked a new wave of criticism from some members of the European Parliament (MEPs). The MEP and Rapporteur for the Republic of Moldova, Dragos Tudorache, criticized the recent activity of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":31,"featured_media":448358,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,56,8],"tags":[746,107,387,168,35,745,27],"class_list":["post-448357","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","category-society","category-reportaje","category-world-news","tag-conditionality","tag-criticism","tag-european-parliament","tag-european-union","tag-important","tag-macro-financial-assistance","tag-moldova"],"content_social_share":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 3<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p>In the context of the pandemic crisis and the discussions regarding a new disbursement in the EU macro-financial assistance, the activity of the Moldovan authorities provoked a new wave of criticism from some members of the European Parliament (MEPs).<\/p>\n<p>The MEP and Rapporteur for the Republic of Moldova, <strong>Dragos Tudorache<\/strong>, criticized the recent activity of President Igor Dodon and Prime Minister Ion Chicu, stating that both are not doing enough for the Republic of Moldova to follow its European path, while oscillating between Brussels and Moscow.<\/p>\n[aesop_character img=&#8221;http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/tudorache.gif&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_circle=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><em>&#8220;Many of us in Brussels are trying our best to support the interests of the Republic of Moldova, hoping that the promises made for the second disbursement of the macro-financial agreement will be fulfilled by Chisinau authorities. I wrote to the European Commissioners asking them to look for a solution even for a new disbursement. I had discussions with many Moldovan ministers and parliamentary leaders. Everyone assured me that efforts are being made to bring the bills on the conditionality of financial agreement to the Parliament. After the deadlines for their commitments have been missed, President and Prime Minister stated that they do not want these bills to be adopted by Parliament and will ignore even the will of the Parliament where they have a majority,&#8221;<\/em> stated the EU official.<\/p>\n<p>Both Prime Minister Ion Chicu and President Igor Dodon opposed the adoption of the <strong>Law on non-profit organisations&#8217; activity<\/strong>, which represents a conditionality imposed by the EU for making a new disbursement in the EU macro-financial assistance.<\/p>\n<p>The most important provisions of the law involve <span style=\"color: #993300\">the impossibility of non-profit organisations (NPO) to provide financial support or free services\u00a0 to candidates during an election campaign.<\/span> Also, NPOs cannot financially support or provide free services to political parties and socio-political organisations, except the non-profit organisations created by political parties &#8211; those may provide free services to political entities in order to strengthen their capacities.<\/p>\n<p>The bill was adopted by the Government of Moldova in 2018, being voted by the Parliament at first reading. However, it didn&#8217;t go any further. <em>&#8220;Everyone insists on adopting the bill, because it is clearly written that NPOs can provide services to political parties and receive funding from abroad. This means that someone from abroad can found a NPO, for which millions of euros are given, and start political activity here. This basically means interference in the politics of the Republic of Moldova. We are turning into a primitive republic, run by NPOs? Why do we need Parliament, Government, Presidency then?&#8221;<\/em> speculated <strong>Igor Dodon<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The opposition claimed there is another reason why socialists don&#8217;t want this bill voted. <em>&#8220;Some political parties created foundations to receive dubious financial support through them. Under this law, NPOs will not be able to provide political support for political parties, either for a fee or free of charge, during election campaigns. That is the whole problem Dodon has,&#8221;<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdg.md\/stiri\/stiri-sociale\/legea-cu-privire-la-organizatiile-necomerciale-de-ce-societatea-civila-si-opozitia-sunt-pro-iar-socialistii-si-dodon-contra\/\">said<\/a>\u00a0 the opposition MP <strong>Dinu Plangau<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080\">See also:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000080\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/promo-lex-estimates-1902-million-lei-as-failed-expenses-to-report-to-the-central-electoral-commission-by-the-political-parties-in-2019\/\">Promo-LEX estimates: 19,02 million lei as failed expenses to be reported to the Central Electoral Commission by the political parties in 2019<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The member of the European Parliament<strong>\u00a0Siegfried Muresan<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/tvrmoldova.md\/actualitate\/punctul-pe-azi-cu-europarlamentarul-siegfried-muresan-astazi-de-la-19-00\/\">believes<\/a> that the current Government led by Ion Chicu <span style=\"color: #993300\">will no longer be able to obtain a disbursement as a part of the macro-financial support granted by the European Union.<\/span> According to him, this missed chance would be\u00a0a great failure, affecting the citizens of the Republic of Moldova who no longer can take advantage of these resources.<\/p>\n<p>A few weeks ago, the Romanian MEP criticized the Government of Moldova, claiming that the country is lagging behind in terms of implementing reforms. <em>&#8220;The Government failed to manage the COVID-19 crisis, as it also failed to implement reforms,&#8221;<\/em> Muresan <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiegfriedMEP\/posts\/3113672632029991\">said<\/a>. The EU official also mentioned that the\u00a0report published by the European Parliamentary Research Service on the implementation of the EU Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA) with the Republic of Moldova described the same social and political issues as 5 years ago.<\/p>\n[aesop_character img=&#8221;http:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/06\/muresan2.jpg&#8221; align=&#8221;left&#8221; force_circle=&#8221;off&#8221;]\n<p><em>&#8220;Political instability, frequent government changes and recent political events have significantly contributed to slowing down the pace of implementation of reforms. In addition, a number of events have led to a deterioration of democratic standards and the rule of law, according to the European Parliament&#8217;s report. All those reforms demanded by the EU would have strengthened the institutions of the Republic of Moldova, would have reduced corruption and incompetence in the institutions, and Moldova would have been better prepared to defend its citizens against the COVID-19 crisis,&#8221;<\/em> the MEP <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiegfriedMEP\/posts\/3113672632029991\">mentioned<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Ion Chicu <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ionchicu.md\/posts\/175972587208923]\">overreacted<\/a> making a scandalous statement on social media:<em>&#8220;The opinion of our citizens about the activity of the Government and the criticism of Moldovans matters to us. The concerted attacks of some figures, with pretensions of Moldovan lawyers, can only impress their patrons,&#8221;<\/em> replied Chicu.<\/p>\n<p>Source: AFP<\/p>\n<div class='heateorSssClear'><\/div><div  class='heateor_sss_sharing_container heateor_sss_horizontal_sharing' data-heateor-sss-href='https:\/\/www.moldova.org\/en\/the-romanian-meps-criticism-chances-are-that-moldova-wont-receive-another-disbursement-in-the-eu-macro-financial-assistance\/' data-heateor-sss-no-counts=\"1\"><div class='heateor_sss_sharing_title' style=\"font-weight:bold\" ><\/div><div class=\"heateor_sss_sharing_ul\"><a aria-label=\"Facebook\" class=\"heateor_sss_facebook\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.moldova.org%2Fen%2Fthe-romanian-meps-criticism-chances-are-that-moldova-wont-receive-another-disbursement-in-the-eu-macro-financial-assistance%2F\" title=\"Facebook\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" 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