Title: The Republic of Moldova: The European Option Examination
Abstract: The release of the fundamental social changes produced the last century, at the end of the 80's-the beginning of the 90's, made the Moldovan people discover the fact that the fundamental truth referring to the democratic principles and the human rights are very important for the postcommunist countries, like for the Occidental ones. The same changes marked the process of substitution of the old values throughout their own values of the contemporary Occidental society.The novelty of movement imposed very quickly. From that moment, the orientation towards the universal paradigm of the Occident would indicate the objectives set.The motivation that led to the reversal of this mentality can be made as simple as it is eloquent huge supermarket is always better than a huge barracks1. In this opening to the Occident, which expressly derived its apology, society dominated for years by an austere economic reality, saw a true encounter with Panacea - a cure for all evils inherited from the totalitarian past.The implementation of this atmosphere which represents a continuous aspiration towards change - an entertaining slogan of the political class, which wanted to blur the previous nomenclature - was favoured by the media endeavour unleashed within the space of the new realities and opportunities.The itinerary of the Republic of Moldova at the end of the 20th century and in the first years of the new millennium proved more complicated than it appeared at the beginning of the great transformations. The inefficiency of the country's governments determined an almost permanent socio-political instability, placing the political realities of the country in the sphere of confusions and doubts.The necessity of proving its capacity of overcoming the long-lasting crisis and of adequately dealing with the poll's expectations led the new government to promote a more pragmatic approach, intensifying the cooperation with international organisms and deepening the diplomatic efforts in order to avoid the country's isolation and marginalization. The current foreign policy of the Republic of Moldova has among its successes, for example, the real prospects of signing an Association Agreement with the EU, within a reasonable timeframe. The most important percentage, in the current political situation, is occupied by the answer to a question asked to the democracy, as the prestigious French author Jean-Francois Revel notices, whether or not the art of being elected has anything to do with the ability to govern2.The race towards Europe hasn't actually begun, for the Republic of Moldova, a few years ago3. Basically, the European vocation of the Republic of Moldova is perennial and constant4 and, under current conditions, the primary objective aims at achieving the quality of a European Union member state5. Therefore, there is no exaggeration in acknowledging the fact that has become the slogan of the day, representing a major topic in the government's political agenda. However, the image of the political situation and of the people's predisposition appears, according to opinion polls, quite ambiguous for the moment. Therefore, there is a clear must: that of a careful interrogation of the phenomenal development framework, the necessity of examining the way in which elements from the past appear in the background of some new elements. It is obvious that the latter cannot appear in a fast pace, they are inserted in the preexisting structure, changing it, and determining the adequate contemporary development model has to overcome, as proved by the experience of the previous years, a difficult road, oscillating between stereotypes of thought and revelation, between certain prejudice and probative argumentsFor the moment, there is a series of factors which represent obstacles in Moldova's European integration endeavour. Internally, we speak about some statistical data which place the discussion related to the topic in a context marked by a series of harsh truth. …
Publication Year: 2014
Publication Date: 2014-10-01
Language: en
Type: article
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