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"Mr President, establishing and consolidating a multi-ethnic state is no picnic in political terms. Moldova is still living proof of this. Ever since its conception in 1991, it has been faced with intransigent separatism from the Dnestr Republic. And we ought to remind ourselves of the Russian military presence in that republic, which is again completely at odds with repeated international withdrawal obligations on the part of Moscow. Faced with a double challenge in internal and external politics between being absorbed by Romania or by Russia, the political élite and the electorate of this small former Soviet Republic opted without hesitation in favour of its own independence in 1994. It did so precisely because of Moldova’s political unity. This commendable strategy of phasing out internal and external hotbeds has made room for, among other things, the autonomous statute of the minority population of the Gagauz and the border treaty with neighbouring Ukraine which is less than one year old. These achievements, however, cannot begin to conceal Moldova’s extremely difficult transformation process from ex-Soviet Republic to democratic constitutional state based on a social market economy. In terms of energy supply and a market for its goods, Moldova is extremely dependent on the Russian Federation. As such, Chisinau is looking to the West for financial support for modernisation. Hence the present, third request for macro-financial support from the European Union.
Given the level of exchange rate stability and internal currency stability achieved by Moldova, I can go along with this. However, I have two questions. What has been the effect of the European Union’s two previous capital injections into that country? Could the Commission be specific about this? Also, Amendment No 1 tabled by the competent Committee seems to clash with the objective of this specific long-term loan. Needless to say, I too much prefer giving the average Moldovan citizen financial support rather than lining the pockets of the Gazprom bigshots!"@en1
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