MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION
12.2.2009
by Călin Cătălin Chiriţă
on clear European prospects for the PlaceTypeRepublic of Moldova
B6‑0102/2009
Motion for a European Parliament resolution on clear European prospects for the Republic of Moldova
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the communication from the Commission on the ‘Eastern Partnership’ (COM(2008) 823) of 3 December 2008, the European Neighbourhood Policy and the Stabilisation and Association Process in the Western Balkans,
– having regard to the statements made in 2008 by President Nicolas Sarkozy and President Traian Băsescu, asserting the need to include the Republic of Moldova in the Stabilisation and Association Process, alongside the ‘potential candidate countries’ of the Western Balkans,
– having regard to Rule 113 of its Rules of Procedure,
A. whereas the Republic of Moldova is a European state situated on the border of the EU (like the countries of the Western Balkans) and is a country with European aspirations and problems comparable with those of the ‘potential candidate countries’ of the Western Balkans (e.g. PlaceNamePlaceNameAlbaniaPlaceName, PlaceNameBosnia and Kosovo, etc.),
B. whereas the Republic of Moldova has a population of a size comparable to that of the countries of the Western Balkans and belongs geographically, historically and culturally to South‑East Europe, and the majority of its inhabitants are Moldovan Romanians,
C. whereas 70 % of the Moldovan population supports accession to the EU (according to opinion polls),
D. whereas the EU would be able to incorporate PlaceNamePlaceNameMoldova without major difficulties (after, of course, that Republic has fulfilled the accession criteria),
1. Recommends that the PlaceNamePlaceNameRepublicPlaceName of Moldova be included in the Stabilisation and Association Process as a ‘potential candidate country’ for accession to the EU.