Launch of the second Independent Monitoring Report on Moldova's implementation of the European Commission's recommendations – progress, challenges and priorities

The first edition appeared in 2024; this one monitors the period 1 July 2024 to 31 May 2025 across 12 areas, including democracy, public administration reform, justice, anti-corruption, fundamental rights, freedom of expression, security, functioning market economy, public procurement, statistics, financial control, and social and employment policies.

Deputy Prime Minister Cristina Gherasimov cited concrete progress in a year, including important gains in fighting electoral corruption and promoting fundamental rights, while noting much remains to be done. EU Delegation representative Katerina Fatsea called the report essential for shared understanding of reforms. Adrian Lupușor reported an average score of 3.2 across the 12 chapters, meaning most recommendations were initiated with noticeable progress. He named institutional capacity as the main constraint, citing low salaries and staff shortages, and also divergent views to be aligned with EU acquis. Civil society plans to extend monitoring to accession roadmaps and the Reform Agenda of the Growth Plan. The project is funded by the EU and co-funded by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation Moldova.