EU says it makes no indulgence to anybody
Neighbor countries seek to be closer to the European Union, therefore they are supposed to meet EU requirements. But the European Union does not make political indulgences to anybody. And even if some Governments would like to make them, the European Parliament and the EU member country populations will not permit to do it.
Such statement was made by Rapporteur of the Federal Chancellery of Germany Christophe Israng at the roundtable conference organized in Chisinau on Tuesday by the Conrad Adenauer Foundation.
He referred to the example of Croatia, which has been long dreaming about joining the European Union and has done a lot for this, but drawbacks are not pardoned even to it.
He explained that Germany, for instance, does not want regional conflicts to be imported into the EU area, so "we shall not permit a second Cyprus in the European Union, so Serbia, with its Kosovo conflict, cannot become an EU member".
Against that background, Christophe Israng pointed out the positive dynamic of Moldova's dialog with the European Union, including with Germany, which, he presumes, should realize the need for a further rapprochement with the Republic of Moldova.
The German official said it is pleasant to EU experts to work with Moldovan colleagues, "who come to Brussels so well-prepared", and expressed hope that the visa dialog between the European Union and Moldova will be continued upon the appointment of a new Moldovan Government to proceed with the actions started by the current Cabinet.
Israng also voiced hope that the German Chancellor's initiative on Transnistrian conflict settlement will find its continuation at the OSCE Summit in Astana (Kazakhstan, due on December 1-2), and that the next stage in the Transnistria negotiation process will be resumption of official talks in the 5+2 format.
Ambassador Dirk Schuebel, Head of the European Union Delegation to the Republic of Moldova, presumes that the Moldovan Government has achieved delightful results in its dialog with the European Union over shorter than one year.
Dirk Schuebel said Moldova has been prepared on the whole better than other countries conducting negotiations on Association Agreements, and he is very optimistic concerning the continuation of the negotiations.
The diplomat announced that the European Union will shortly delegate to Moldova six more officials of a high rank, besides the ten who have already been working together with various Moldovan ministers since April 2010 "and this is also an absolutely non-standard approach by the European Union", he said, adding that Moldova is the second largest, after Palestine, recipient of money from the European Union.
Dirk Schuebel also hopes that after the November 28 elections, intensive cooperation between Moldova and the European Union will continue, and struggle against corruption, the state administration reform, consolidation of budget stability, investment climate improvement will intensify.
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