#Moldova: Under public pressure, the government today decided to apply for EU candidate status. Sandu signed the document. Earlier, the MFA Popescu stated that Moldova will not take advantage of the current situation to apply. Sandu dismissed this as an immediate action during⤵️
the first day of the visit by senior EU officials Borrell and Varhelyi. But the pressure was too high and after Georgia did it, Moldova would be left alone. The problem is that current and future governments will be criticized every time they do not comply with the reforms.
Were it not for the request submitted by Georgia, Moldova would probably hesitate to do so. MFA Popescu rejected this idea just a few days ago. Today, the Moldovan govt. changed its mind and signed the application. ⤵️
The EU feels moral pressure to give a positive answer to Ukraine, which applied on 28 February and thus will inevitably create a precedent for Moldova and Georgia.
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