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| EUROPE IS KEEPING AN EYE ON CHISINAU 17/04/2009 |
| (2009-04-17) |
| Last updated: 2009-04-22 16:13 EET |
The EU announced this measure following talks held in Brussels between Romanian Foreign Minister Cristian Diaconescu and the president of the European Parliament, Hans Gert Pottering. Also on Thursday, Diaconescu continued his diplomatic tour on Moldova-related issues with the Czech Republic, which is currently holding the 6 month Presidency of the European Union. During his visit to the Czech Republic, Diaconescu stated:
“I'll say something that I’ve also said to the European Parliament: in the relationship with the EU, there are countries that observe European norms and standards and, from this point of view, it is obvious that through dialogue between the Check presidency and the authorities in Chisinev, just like through the dialogue that we are about to establish under the Eastern Partnership, whose members will convene on May 6th, these minimum standards will have to be observed, or at least we should make sure they are understood and properly addressed.”
These statements are actually a diplomatic hint at the brutal repression carried out by the Moldovan state against its own citizens. After the student protests against the pro-Russian communist authorities, who are accused of having rigged the legislative elections on April 5th, the Moldovan authorities arrested hundreds of people without a warrant. Many of the participants were seriously injured, and some of them even died in detention. Moldovan president Vladimir Voronin accused Romania of involvement in the protests without any evidence, expelled the Romanian ambassador to Chisinau, and introduced a compulsory visa policy for the Romanian citizens. The general director of the European Radio and Television Union, Jean Revellion, had to call on the communist authorities to allow foreign journalists to send live reports from the Republic of Moldova, after reporters sent to Chisinau, among them many Romanians, were barred from the country.
In total opposition to Chisinau’s stand, Bucharest’s first reaction was to take measures for the Moldovan citizens who lost their Romanian citizenship during the Soviet reign to recover it more easily. “Moldovans can become Romanian citizens in 5 months’ time’ newspapers have announced, stating that Brussels has no objection to this measure, which Romanian President Traian Basescu has termed as “ a responsible attitude towards the Romanians living in the Republic of Moldova”, to whom Romanian citizenship could offer legal protection against the abuses inflicted by the Moldovan communist regime. Actually, as the Financial Times has put it, “the post – election crisis in Moldova is a test for the European Union to prove its capacity to promote stability and prosperity on its eastern border”. And that is because, as the British paper warns, ‘in the absence of a quick political solution, the Union might have to deal with a new consolidated autocracy on one of its borders, similar to the one in Belarus”.
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