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INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY MOLDOVA BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: VIEWS FROM GAGAUZIA AND TARACLIA 1 This study was developed within the framework of the project «Moldova between East and West: views from Gagauzia and Taraclia», implemented with the financial support of the Human Rights Fund of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Romania and the Republic of Moldova. Coordinator: Oazu NANTOI Autori: Oazu NANTOI, Vasile CANTARJI, Igor BOȚAN, Anatol GREMALSCHI, Mihail SIRKELI Institutul de Politici Publice Str. Pușkin 16/1, Chișinău, Republica Moldova Tel. (+373) 22 276786 E-mail: [email protected] www.ipp.md The content of this study does not reflect the official opinion of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Responsibility for the information and views expressed in the study lies entirely with the author(s). 2 MOLDOVA BETWEEN EAST AND WEST: VIEWS FROM GAGAUZIA AND TARACLIA Chisinau 2016 3 SUMMARY Summary of Recommendations .............................................................................................................. 7 Study of the level of integration of the population in ATU Gagauzia and Taraclia district.......................... 9 Methodological aspects................................................................................................................................. 9 Summary ...................................................................................................................................................... 10 1. Elements of integrating the ATU Gagauzia and Taraclia district residents in the Moldovan society ..... 11 Aspects regarding interethnic relations .................................................................................................. 13 Identity perceptions and constituting elements of identity .................................................................... 16 Linguistic and cultural integration ........................................................................................................... 20 The media-informational consumption ................................................................................................... 27 Visions on the future of the Republic of Moldova .................................................................................. 29 2. Geopolitical orientation aspects .............................................................................................................. 34 Perceptions on the historic motherland of the Gagauz and Bulgarian ethnicities ................................. 35 Involvement in the external migration and migrationist intentions in the future .................................. 35 Attitudes towards the international actors ............................................................................................. 37 Visions on the external orientations of the RM ...................................................................................... 38 Appreciation of events in Eastern Ukraine .............................................................................................. 40 3. Conclusions and recommendations ........................................................................................................ 42 Elections in the Autonomous Territorial Unit of Gagauzia ...................................................................... 44 1. Preliminary considerations ...................................................................................................................... 44 2. Electoral cycle of 1994 – 1998 ................................................................................................................. 45 Table 1. Elections to the People’s Assembly of Gagauzia in 1995 ............................................................... 46 3. Electoral Cycle of 1998 – 2001 ................................................................................................................ 48 4. Regional Parties Problem ........................................................................................................................ 49 5. Electoral Cycle of 2001-2005 ................................................................................................................... 50 6. Electoral Cycle of 2005 – 2009 ................................................................................................................ 51 7. Electoral Cycle of 2009 – 2014 ................................................................................................................ 53 8. Electoral Cycle of 2014-2015 ................................................................................................................... 57 9. Conclusions .............................................................................................................................................. 61 10. Recommendations ................................................................................................................................. 62 Study of the Romanian Language as a Means for Integration into the Moldovan Civic Society ................ 63 1. Conceptual Benchmarks .......................................................................................................................... 63 2. European Educational Policies for Study of the Official and Minority Languages .................................. 65 The Compulsoriness of Study and Mastery of the Official State Language ............................................ 65 The Common European Reference Framework for Languages ............................................................... 66 The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages .................................................................... 68 4 3. National Policies for Study of the Romanian Language and of the Maternal Languages by Representatives of the Alolingual Minorities .............................................................................................. 69 The Constitution of the Republic of Moldova ......................................................................................... 69 The Law on Functioning of the Languages Spoken on the Territory of the Moldovan Soviet Socialist Republic ................................................................................................................................................... 70 The Law on the Rights of the Persons Belonging to National Minorities and the Legal Status of their Organizations ........................................................................................................................................... 71 The Code of Education............................................................................................................................. 71 4. Curriculum Support for Study of the Romanian and of the Maternal Language by Alolingual Speakers 72 The Framework-Plan for General Education ........................................................................................... 72 The Curriculum for Romanian Language and Literature for National and for Alolingual Schools .......... 73 Provision with Teaching Aids ................................................................................................................... 75 5. Learning Results of the Alolingual Pupils in terms of Mastery of the Romanian Language .................... 76 6. Perceptions of the Role of the Romanian Language in Social Life in the District of Taraclia and the Gagauzian Autonomous Territorial Unit ..................................................................................................... 79 The Romanian Language as a Means for Communication in the District of Taraclia and the Gagauzian Autonomous Territorial Unit ................................................................................................................... 79 The Usage of the Romanian Language in Expressing One’s Geopolitical Options and Orientations ...... 80 Attitudes towards the Compulsoriness of Mastery of the State Language ............................................ 82 7. Difficulties Faced in the Process of Teaching and Learning of the Romanian Language by Alolingual Speakers ...................................................................................................................................................... 85 The Lack of Motivation ............................................................................................................................ 85 The Inefficiency of the Methods Currently Used for Teaching the Romanian Language to Alolingual Speakers .................................................................................................................................................. 88 Overburdening of Pupils .......................................................................................................................... 90 The Shortage of Qualified Teaching Staff ................................................................................................ 90 8. Prospects for the Improvementof the Level of the Romanian Language Mastery by Alolingual Citizens ..................................................................................................................................................................... 92 Conclusions and Recommendations ........................................................................................................... 95 Bibliography