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Băsescu also added that Romania would respect this decision and would help Moldova to join EU on its own. [ 25 ] In October 2006 the Romanian newspaper Cotidianul estimated the cost of a union with Moldova at €30–35 billion, [ 26 ] and attracted criticism from the Romanian newspaper Ziua , [ 27 ] as well as Timpul [ 28 ] for exaggerating ...
Sandu accelerated the process for Moldova's integration into the EU, and has declared that "the Republic will integrate into the European space with the help of Romania". [33] Moldova formally applied to join the EU in March 2022, after growing concern over Russian expansionism (as seen in Ukraine), and was granted candidate status in June 2022.
Moldova became a member of the Council of Europe on 13 July 1995 [4] International Criminal Court (ICC) On 12 October 2010, the Republic of Moldova confirmed ratification of the Rome Statute. [5] International Court of Justice (ICJ) Moldova has been entitled to appear before the Court since 2 March 1992.
On 2 February 2014, the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia held two referendums on European integration. In one, 98.4% voted in favour of joining the Customs Union of Belarus, Kazakhstan, and Russia, while in the second 97.2% opposed further integration with the EU. 98.9% of voters also supported the proposition that Gagauzia could declare independence if Moldova unified with Romania. [15]
Moldova gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991, but Russia continues to see the country — sandwiched between Ukraine and EU member Romania — as within its sphere of influence.
CHISINAU (Reuters) -A knife-edge majority of 50.17% voted "yes" in Moldova's pivotal referendum on joining the European Union, nearly final results showed on Monday, after President Maia Sandu ...
Moldova, a former Soviet republic with a population of about 2.5 million, applied to join the EU in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, and was granted candidate ...
As of 2018, Băsescu was one of the main figures campaigning for unification between Moldova and Romania. The unification declarations in Moldova provoked similar responses in Romania, where counties, [112] cities [112] and communes, [106] but also schools, [219] parishes [225] and members of the Romanian diaspora, among others, took similar ...