During her visit to Chișinău, Moldova, the President of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola is also meeting with the President of the Parliament Igor Grosu, the Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita and engaging with youth at a town-hall meeting.
In her speech to the Parliament, President Metsola said:
“I came here with one message: Moldova’s place is in Europe. Our future must be together and the European Parliament will do everything necessary to stand with you, on your path towards becoming a European Union Member State. This must be the history that we will write together – for the benefit of everyone in Europe.”
“The transformational effect of EU Membership is not funds alone. It is about aligning standards, it is about legislating together, it is about the Republic of Moldova’s voice being heard around the table on decisions that impact all of us. It is about the guarantee of democracy, the rule of law, equality. It is about hope for the next generations.”
“We are living in times of instability. Of spiking energy and electricity prices, inflation, food scarcity and creeping unemployment. And all of this is framed in the context of an illegal war on our continent – on your borders – with an autocrat weaponising energy supplies, and with propaganda and disinformation that risks driving more people to the comfort of the fringes.”
