European Integration

On March 4th  2022, the Republic of Moldova officially applied for EU membership. The Council of the European Union invited the European Commission to submit its Opinion on the Republic of Moldova’s application as a first step towards the European Union’s membership.
On June 17th  2022, the European Commission presented its Opinion on the application for EU membership and recommended to grant the Republic of Moldova the EU candidate status.
On  June 23rd  2022, the European Council recognised European perspective of the Republic of Moldova and decided to grant it the EU candidate country status.