The poorest country in Europe with a rampant corruption. Exactly what we need!
Also, is an EU membership good for Moldova?
A passage from a recent pro-EU article in a pro-EU Swedish newspaper (I'm surprised that they kept it in):
– We cannot export to the EU because we do not have the certificates they require. It was much easier to export to Russia, says apple grower Cristina Crudu to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.
But don't worry, the political and adminstrative elite in Moldova will not suffer if their country is allowed to join the EU.
Hell yes! Standard of living in EU is much higher, than in Russia
Hell yes! Standard of living in EU is much higher, than in Russia
Hell yes! Standard of living in EU is much higher, than in Russia
The European Union and its "member states" is a political consortium which began as a shared market. It has become bureaucratically top heavy and very expensive, as the "political and administrative elite" as you mention have worked to get an ever nicer "rent" for themselves while the "little guy" will experience the turmoil.
Reading the less noted news of discussion about financial crises growing in the EU and the UK (as Labour tries to angle their way back into it before the next elections), it seems a race against time for these "political and administrative elite" to grab at the EuroClear Russian funds, as at "billions" in fines aimed at US companies, and more. The EU is not a nation, but acts as if it were.
"...deep structural transformations related to aging populations, high energy costs, and technological change. Europe's economy is affected by these developments as it has only now begun to recover from recent shocks, its public spending needs are rising, public debt is high, and medium-term growth prospects are weak. The April 2025 outlook presents a downgrade in growth rates for the region, alongside a faster approach of inflation to targets. Risks to the outlook are to the downside and relate to a worsening of trade disputes and uncertainty."Regional Economic Outlook for Europe, April 2025 IMF, 25 April 2025
IMF Sounds Stagnation Alarm on Euro-Zone Economic Growth Bloomberg, 18 June 2025
Europe's Debt (Un)Sustainability: Looking Through Bohn’s Magnifying Glass 4 April 2025
It surely seems, aside from the arm-chair generals on these forums, that there is a race on, called who breaks first. Between US national debt at about 120% of GDP according to today's Fed webpage, reports that Russia is supposedly in financial problems, and similar reports about the larger EU nations supposedly in financial problems, it seems the game of "who breaks first" will be economic and political in the local sense, not militarily.
The "political and administrative elite" are being pushed back at by their own citizenry. Imagine that.... Consider recent news in France:
‘Our voices just aren't heard’: ‘Block Everything’ protesters meet heavy police response in Paris France 24, 10 September 2025.The EU as a political entity is not effective in the above, though its mantra is always "more Europe." With what resources? Green economic delusions? Illegal migration costs? And yet with all the "shared European values," civil unrest builds.France's streets ablaze as antigovernment protests disrupt daily life AlJazeera, 11 September 2025
'Block Everything' protests sweep across France, scores arrested Reuters via MSN, 10 September 2025
France faces £2.85TRILLION 'debt explosion' meltdown Daily Mail, 27 August 2025
Crisis-prone France sinks deeper into debt quagmire Reuters, 9 September 2025
It's the "political and administrative elite" not heeding their own citizenry breeding must civil unrest. I suspect that "political and administrative elite" will be the first to break in the end.
Re-reading through this thread in its entirety, it is evident the one to whom you addressed the question has not answered. So much for Freepers in a discussion forum turning ever more into merely propaganda outlets.