On 27 June 2014, the EU and Moldova signed an Association Agreement, including a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA), which entered into force in July 2016. In April 2014, Moldova became the first country in the Eastern Partnership to benefit from a visa-free regime. Moldova is the country which is very much affected by the influx of refugees from Ukraine, after the Russian aggression against the country.

In a speech to the European Parliament on 18 May 2022, Moldovan President Maia Sandu called on EU countries to rally behind her country’s European aspirations. In her address to MEPs in Brussels, President Sandu outlined how Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine had echoes of Europe’s troubled past, with its ‘unabashed land grabs, geopolitical conquests and spheres of influence’.&nbsp;

Against the backdrop of the war, Moldova formally applied for EU membership in March 2022 and President Sandu stated her firm conviction that the country is part of the European community.

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Address by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, at the European Moldova Assembly in Chișinău (Moldova)

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Chișinău (Moldova): Extracts from the participation of Roberta METSOLA, EP President to the European Moldova Assembly

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Chișinău (Moldova): Meeting with Dorin RECEAN, Moldovan Prime Minister and with Maia SANDU, President of Moldova

Official visit by Roberta METSOLA, EP President to Moldova: meeting with Maia SANDU, President of the Moldovan Republic, Igor GROSU Speaker of the Moldovan Parliament, Natalia GAVRILIȚA, Prime Minister of the Moldovan Republic

Statement by Roberta METSOLA, EP President, on the results of the Moldova's EU membership referendum

Votes incl. Moldova's resilience against Russian interference and democratic backsliding in Georgia

Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference and a constitutional referendum on EU integration: Opening statements

Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference and a constitutional referendum on EU integration: MEPs debate

EP Plenary session - Strengthening Moldova's resilience against Russian interference and a constitutional referendum on EU integration

Delegation to the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee Constitutive meeting

EMPL - Exchange of views with Alexei Buzu, Minister of Labour and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova and Marina Morozova, Member of Parliament of the Republic of Moldova

Modova Study visit on Support in Tackling and Fighting Disinformation

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, participates to the Meeting of the European Political Community, in Granada (Spain): meeting with Evika SILIŅA, Latvian Prime Minister, Maia SANDU, President of Moldova and Volodymyr ZELENSKYY, President of Ukraine

Voting session: Union Code on the rules governing the movement of persons across borders, the new European strategy for a better internet for kids (BIK+), taking stock of Moldova’s path to the EU

Taking stock of Moldova's path to the EU: closing statements by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union and Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management

Taking stock of Moldova's path to the EU: MEPs debate (part 2)

Taking stock of Moldova's path to the EU: MEPs debate (part 1)

Taking stock of Moldova's path to the EU: opening statements by Pascual NAVARRO RÍOS, Spanish Secretary of State for the European Union and Janez LENARČIČ, European Commissioner for Crisis Management

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Igor GROSU, President of the Moldovan Parliament: welcome, roundtable and extracts from the press point

Joint press point by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and Igor GROSU, President of the Moldovan Parliament

Lex signing ceremony: signature of Five COD LEX texts by Roberta METSOLA, EP President and by Jessika ROSWALL, Minister for EU Affairs, on behalf of the Swedish Presidency of the Council

Press conference by Siegfried MUREŞAN (EPP, RO), Chair of the delegation to EU-Moldova on the 13th meeting of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Association Committee

The challenges facing the Republic of Moldova: closing statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (for VPC/HR)

The challenges facing the Republic of Moldova: MEPs debate

The challenges facing the Republic of Moldova: opening statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (for VPC/HR)

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