Siegfried Muresan 🇷🇴🇪🇺 @SMuresan@respublicae.eu

What more can we do?

Help Moldova tacke Russian disinformation.

Include it in key EU projects. Gradually integrate it in EU Single market, even before EU membership.

Free roaming. Important to people.

Sanction pro-Russian oligarchs.

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What can we do?

Provide international financial support to easen social pressure. Inflation was 35% last last year.

Liberalise trade between EU and Moldova. This gives EU perspective to Moldovan enterprises and especially farmers.

Secure its energy independence.

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Who wants Moldova integrated in EU.
Who does not?

People and authorities want it go the European way, Russia and Moldovan oligarchs not.
People of Moldova voted pro EU President and gave absolute majority to pro EU party. President @sandumaiamd, PM @DorinRecean strongly pro EU

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Why now? Why "protests"?

Oligarchs: because judiciary starts working. Past corruption cases are being brought to justice.

Russia: because in the past Russia made use of weak majorities to bring governments down when needed. Now pro EU party has absolute majority in Parliament

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How do they try to destabilise?
By staging "protests" aimed at weakening the trust of the people in the West and in Moldovan authorities.

Has it worked? No. Not so far.
Moldovan authorities keep control. But attempts to destabilise are permanent. Need to raise awareness.

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Who tries to destabilise Moldova?
Russia and pro-Russian Moldovan oligarchs.
They have joint interests.
None wants #Moldova with a strong judiciary, fight against corruption, rule of law and integrated in EU. They prefer Moldova to be weak, dependent and unstable.

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Why is Moldova important?
It is a country placed between #Ukraine and the European Union.
If #Russia would have an ally in #Moldova in addition to #Lukashenko in #Belarus, Ukraine would be much worse off and Europe would be worse off.

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Below a 7-point thread about The Republic of #Moldova.
What happens there, why is it important for #Europe and what can we do?

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The new role within the @EPP will allow PAS to work even closer with #EU political leaders and advances the integration of Moldova into #European institutions & structures.

I look forward to continuing our work together, within the EPP, for the EU integration of #Moldova. 2/2

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Good news! From today, the Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), founded by Moldova President @sandumaiamd, is an associated member of @EPP.

With decision today, the voice of #Moldova will be heard even louder at European level. 1/2

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During next week's #EPlenary we will have a debate on the situation in #Moldova & the challenges the country faces.

Moldova is just as important as #Ukraine for #EU security. We must support Moldova in the challenges it faces & to prepare for EU accession negotiations.

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Today & tomorrow I am in #Helsinki for the @EPP Political Assembly.

Finland wants and deserves to join NATO. We will all be safer with Finland and Sweden as NATO members.
This is why #Hungary & #Turkey must ratify the accession of #Finland & #Sweden to #NATO as soon as possible.

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The funds, €45 mil. grants & €100 mil. advantageous loans, will reach #Moldova in two tranches in the second part of this year.
Through my involvement, I will work to make sure that @europarl_en takes all decisions in time so that Moldova can receive the support this year. 3/3

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The €145 mil. increase in Macro-Financial Assistance for Moldova will be conditional on the achievement of objectives jointly agreed by #Moldova & the #EU, such as strengthening economic governance & anti-corruption measures. 2/3

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As @EP_Budgets rapporteur for the €145 mil. increase in Macro-Financial Assistance for #Moldova, my objective is to quickly approve financial support in the @europarl_en.

The Republic of Moldova needs these funds as soon as possible to overcome the crises it is facing. 1/3

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60 years ago Russians and Communists built a wall here.
They separated families & friends.
Today, here, people move freely.
That was the difference then between Russians and the free world, same is it now: they build walls, we want freedom and free people.
#Berlin

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Member states should now submit their #REPowerEU chapters to @EU_Commission as soon as possible, so that the funds can be used without delay to help reduce energy bills & enable us to secure our energy supply and infrastructure. 2/2

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IMPORTANT: The €20 bn. #REPowerEU Plan that will help reduce the energy bills of #EU citizens & companies enters into force today.

We have delivered on what we promised. United, we will reduce our energy dependence on #Russia & improve energy security in #Europe. 1/2

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@lauramdubois @FinancialTimes Best of luck! Looking forward to reading your contributions

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My colleague Dan Motreanu and I spoke today about our work in @europarl_en with a group of students of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies.

We explained the opportunities for youth at #EU level, our work as MEPs & how we interact with the other #European institutions.

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