Accession of Moldova to the European Union

Accession of Moldova to the European Union
Status	Candidate (screening)
Earliest possible entry	2030
Application Membership application 3 March 2022 Candidate status 23 June 2022 Screening Ongoing process Screened & negotiations commence
Negotiations Clusters unopen 35 Chapters unopen 6 Clusters open 0 Chapters open 0 Clusters closed 0 Chapters closed 0
Memberships & Treaties Association Agreement 1 July 2016 Economic and monetary policy EU Free Trade Agreement Free trade area part of the Moldova-EU Association Agreement World Trade Organization (WTO) The Republic of Moldova has been a member of WTO since 26 July 2001[1] Euro & the Eurozone The euro is widely accepted in Moldova, although it has no formal approval, and the official currency of the country is the Moldovan leu Travel Energy Energy Community Member since March 2010 Euratom The Republic of Moldova has no nuclear power plants and research reactors and has no plans to introduce in the near future nuclear energy as an option for power generation or any research instrument.[2] ENTSO-E Moldelectrica has been an Observer Member since 22 November 2023[3] Foreign and military policy North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Individual Partnership Action Plan since 19 May 2006 Neutrality is enshrined in Moldova's Constitution, meaning NATO accession is unlikely, excluding a constitutional reform Main article: Moldova–NATO relations Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Member since 30 January 1992 Human rights and international courts Council of Europe (CoE) Moldova became a member of the Council of Europe on 13 July 1995[4] International Criminal Court (ICC) On 12 October 2010, the Republic of Moldova confirmed ratification of the Rome Statute.[5] International Court of Justice (ICJ) Moldova has been entitled to appear before the Court since 2 March 1992.
Impact (27+1) Population 446,828,803 450,900,630 0.5% Area 4,233,262 km2 1,634,472 mi2 4,267,105 km2 1,647,539 mi2 1% incl. Transnistria HDI 0.896 0.891 0.5% GDP (PPP) $25.399 trillion $25.821 trillion 1.6% GDP per capita (PPP) $56,928 $57,625 1.2% GDP $17.818 trillion $17.834 trillion 0.1% GDP per capita $39,940 $39,552 0.1% Gini 30.0 29.86 0.1% Official Languages 24 24 (no changes) Romanian is considered the de facto language and is already an official language of the EU since Romania acceded to the EU in 2007. However, there still is some debate as to what the definition of the Moldovan language may be.

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The accession of Moldova to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU.

Following an application by Moldova in March 2022, Moldova was officially granted candidate status by EU on 22 June 2022.

Moldova set a target date of 2030 for EU Accession.^[6]

On 14 December 2023, the European Council decided to open accession negotiations with Moldova.^[7] It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.