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EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Wednesday 15 June 2011, 15.00 – 18.30 Thursday 16 June 2011, 09.00 – 12.30 Room A1E-2 Brussels MINUTES Opening and first working session of the 13th meeting of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Opening statements by: Ms Monica MACOVEI, Co-Chair of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Ms MACOVEI opened the meeting and welcomed the participants and the guests. She said that, since the last EU-Moldova PCC, in February 2010, there were many developments, the relations between the Moldovan Parliament and the European Parliament had been strengthened with the constitution of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and the negotiations on the Association Agreement were going very well, whilst the DCFTA had to be still negotiated. There was an exchange of views about the EU-Moldova relations in the EP Committee on Foreign Affairs and a delegation of the same Committee had travelled to Chisinau and Tiraspol, as well as other meetings. Ms MACOVEI informed the members about the topics to be discussed, following the agenda and gave the floor to Ms. Corina FUSU. Ms Corina FUSU, Co-Chair of the EU-Moldova Parliamentary Cooperation Committee Ms. FUSU presented her colleagues from the Moldovan Parliament: Mr. Ghenadie CIOBANU, Vice-President of the Committee, Liberal Democratic Party; Ms Ina SUPAC, Vice-Chair of the Committee, Communist Party; Mr Andrian CANDU, Democratic Party; Mr Boris VIERU, Liberal Party; and Mr Nae-Simion PLESCA, Liberal Democrat Party. She made a short and comprehensive speech focusing on the topics on the agenda. She underlined that the most important objective of the Alliance for the European Integration of the Republic of Moldova is European integration, complicated but necessary to achieve. The European future of Moldova is also a commitment before 70% of the population of the Republic of Moldova who want to join the EU and gave their vote for the democratic parties. FdR\892215\EN 1 PE 467.643 In the last two years a lot has been achieved. The package of the European laws has been adopted and administrative and institutional changes were made as well, according to the models of the EU member states. A lot of work has been done for the negotiations of the Association Agreement. Ms. FUSU thanked the European Union for the great support given to the Republic of Moldova. She stressed the importance to inform each citizen on what exactly joining the EU means including the necessary reforms, laws and instruments to be used. She stressed as well the problem of the Transnistrian conflict to be addressed and expressed her hope that, on 21 June 2011, in the 5+2 format meeting, the adequate solution would be achieved. Ms. FUSU reviewed the social-political situation in the Republic of Moldova. She stressed the problem of political instability. On 5th of June the first round of the local elections took place, which would be followed by the second round on 19th of June. Ms MACOVEI thanked her Co-Chair Ms FUSU for the opening speech and the overview of the current situation in the Republic of Moldova. She presented as well her colleagues from the European Parliament: Ms Tatiana ZDANOKA, Vice-Chair of the delegation; Ms Zita GURMAI; Mr Kyriakos MAVRONIKOLAS; Mr Theodor Dumitru STOLOJAN; and Mr Rafal Kazimierz TRZASKOWSKI. 1. Adoption of draft agenda The draft agenda was adopted with no objections. 2. Approval of the minutes of the 12th meeting of the EU-Moldova PCC held in Chisinau on 16-17 February 2010 The minutes of the 12th meeting of the EU-Moldova PCC were approved with no objections. 3. The state of play of cooperation between the EU and the Republic of Moldova: Opening statements by: - Government of the Republic of Moldova - European Union Addresses by: Mr John KJAER, Head of Division, on behalf of the EEAS Mr. KJAER, Head of Unit for Eastern Partnership European External Action Service, gave a short overview about the current situation of the EU-Moldova relations. The relations have been defined as very dynamic. Many meetings took place since the last PCC, in February 2010. From the EU side, an Action Plan on Visa Liberalization has been proposed. Concrete steps have been made, in order to start the negotiations on the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area and an Aviation Agreement was FdR\892215\EN 2 PE 467.643 under preparation. EU was delivering macro-economical financial assistance to Moldova. He recalled that the EU-Moldova Partnership and Cooperation Agreement was extended by mutual agreement and in order to provide guidelines for the future Association Agreement, an Action Plan on reform priorities was tabled by the EU side, in May 2010. He mentioned that Moldova made a good progress in most of the areas, but the political instability remained a problem. As it is stated in the last Progress Report, the progress was achieved, both in the legislative and on the implementation level. He stressed the following fields to be improved: political uncertainty, corruption, reform of the judiciary, prosecution and police and implementation of certain human rights commitments. The negotiations regarding the Transnistrian conflict in the 5+2 format were going well even though concrete achievements had not been achieved yet. He mentioned that, according to observations, the first round of the local elections was peaceful, which was welcomed by the EU, and expressed the interest to see the final results after the second round of the elections. Ms MACOVEI reminded the members about the deadline for the amendments to be tabled on the Draft Recommendations, by 4 pm. Ms Daniela CUJBA, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Moldova Ms CUJBA, Ambassador of the Republic of Moldova to the European Union, highlighted the recent developments of the relations between the European Union and the Republic of Moldova. She underlined the European Integration as a strategic priority of the Alliance for the European Integration of the Republic of Moldova. The bilateral agenda of both the EU and Moldova aims at transposing the European values and standards in reform actions, undertaken on the national level in the Republic of Moldova. The relationship EU-Moldova is based on common values, is full of substance, aims at transformations on the internal level and it showed positive results already. A good progress has been achieved on the negotiation of the Association Agreement. Moldova is currently implementing the Visa Liberalization Action Plan, provided by the European Commission, at the beginning of the year. The first report was already presented. The Agreement on geographical indications had already been concluded and signed. Moldova was working as well on the negotiations on the common aviation area. Ms CUJBA underlined that Moldova was very grateful to the European Union for the macro financial assistance provided and for many other tools to address and accomplish the objective of European Integration. She mentioned the great role of the European Union in the settlement of the Transnistrian conflict. She underlined the value of the Euronest Parliamentary Assembly and the active participation of Moldova in this regard. 4. Follow-up of the recommendations of the 12th meeting of the EU-Moldova PCC of 16-17 February 2010 FdR\892215\EN 3 PE 467.643 and 5. Political, economic and social reforms in the Republic of Moldova Ms MACOVEI underlined, in this regard, the issue of the implementation, as a very important one and asked the members to refer more to this issue. The previous recommendations referred to: the visa dialogue resulting in a concrete Action Plan provided by the Commission to the Republic of Moldova; the reform of the judiciary, fight against corruption and organised crime; the reform of the administration; demilitarisation of the police and the Transnistrian region issue. The DCFTA issue was going to be discussed as well. Ms GURMAI asked about the assessment made under the Hungarian Presidency, as it had the priority based on the Neighbourhood Policy; and about the expectations regarding the upcoming Polish presidency. Ms MACOVEI said that there was concrete progress under the Hungarian presidency, and that progress was planned for the following Polish presidency as well. Mr STOLOJAN asked the representative of the European External Action Service if the proposal of the German government regarding the Transnistrian issue had been evaluated. Mr. KJAER answered that they were trying to support all the resolutions which could facilitate the Transnistrian conflict settlement. Various proposals were being checked, including the one from Germany. Ms SUPAC stressed, in relation to the recommendation no. 11 of the last PCC, where the EU calls the Moldovan authorities to continue the efforts in order to harmonise the national legislation with the acquis communautaire, that a comprehensive plan for legislative harmonisation had not been elaborated yet. She stressed that the Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation, which consists of 39 projects of laws, was not adopted in the Moldovan Parliament yet, while between 2005 and 2008 around 300 important legislative acts had successfully been adopted by the Moldovan Parliament; Moldova does not have a comprehensive strategy regarding the justice reform system yet, even though 1 mil. Euro had been allocated by the European Union for this strategy; No comprehensive action plan regarding the reform of public administration was available either. Some principles for the planned reform would be: dissolving districts where there are less than 150 inhabitants and reducing the number of administrative divisions from the current 34, which might not be beneficial for the Moldovan villages. Ms SUPAC stressed the necessity to improve law implementation in the Republic of Moldova. Ms MACOVEI expressed her content that the political opposition is also present at the discussions; she asked the members not to bring internal disputes in the meeting, but to try to work efficiently and to cooperate together with the European Union.
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