The competent institutions will prepare a report about the European audit on the matter of the funds granted to the Republic of Moldova. This report will be discussed at the Council for European Integration meeting. The announcement was made by the Parliament president, Andrian Candu, after European Court of Auditors published a report about financing Republic of Moldova during 2007-2015, in which the word corruption and inefficiency appear once in three pages.

The competent institutions will prepare a report about the European audit on the matter of the funds granted to the Republic of Moldova. This report will be discussed at the Council for European Integration meeting. The announcement was made by the Parliament president, Andrian Candu, after European Court of Auditors published a report about financing Republic of Moldova during 2007-2015, in which the word corruption and inefficiency appear once in three pages.

„The colleagues from Committee on Foreign Policy and Comittee for economy, budget and finance, along with the colleagues from the Chancellery, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Foreign Affairs, will prepare information on that report and after that we will express our questions. I am sure that we will have a very useful and interesting discussion... next Wednesday", stated Andrian Candu.          

Published on Thursday, the special report of ECA points out that "they found only limited evidence showing the EU aid had contributed effectively" regarding EU financial support to Moldova aimed at strengthening the country’s public administration. The poorest country in Europe, as named Moldova by ECA, received - since 2007 - financial aid amounting to €782 million which represents nearly €37 per inhabitant. This is "the highest amount among the EU’s eastern neighbours", say the authors of the special report.   

"The EU faces significant challenges in implementing assistance for Moldova", said Hans Gustaf Wessberg, the Member of the European Court of Auditors responsible for the report." 

The report makes numerous references to corruption. ECA reminds the disappearance of a billion euros from local banks and worsening of Moldova's position in the Corruption Perceptions Index published by Transparency International.

To take a position after ECA's conlcusions, the European Commission points out that corruption hinders, generally, the achievement of targeted effects of the aid, while corruption is not limited to the general budget support programs.