A Useful Crisis for Moldova
- Autores: Leonid Litra
- Localización: Notes internacionals CIDOB, ISSN-e 2013-4428, Nº. 138, 2016, págs. 1-6
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
The difficulties in Moldova, where the institutions are inefficient in front of the oligarchs demonstrate that business and politics are deeply entangled and the state authority is incapable of changing the system.
In 2014, a corruption “earthquake” shook the Moldovan society and political elite. Allegedly more than $1 billion, which is about 15% of GDP, was extracted from Moldova due to corruption and mismanagement.
The “success story” of Moldova was not only about the Moldova’s drive for reforms, it was also about the regress taking place in the other countries of the Eastern Partnership.
Since the end of April 2014, Moldovans holding the biometric passports can travel to the EU without visa.
The November 2014 parliamentary elections brought some changes in the representation in the parliament, having a more powerful overtly pro-Russian presence and moderate Russia’s “understanders”.
The protest against corruption that took place throughout the year was a clear demonstration that a certain degree of mobilization against illegalities is possible and consolidation of the civic movement could be crosscutting along the issues affecting people’s life more than geopolitics.
