Press Club: “Assessing the Republic of Moldova’s Progress in Implementing the European Commission’s Recommendations in the Area of Justice in the Context of EU Accession”

The report, launched with the Institute for European Policies and Reforms, Institutum Virtutes Civilis and the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, gave an average score of 3 out of 5 for justice reform and 3.3 out of 5 for the fight against corruption.

Key developments include new Superior Council of Magistracy and Superior Council of Prosecutors memberships drawn from candidates who passed extraordinary evaluation, the start of vetting of Supreme Court and Court of Appeal judges and candidates, an integrity check for candidates to the National Institute of Justice, and the new judicial map law. Priorities include speeding up the extraordinary evaluation of candidates to the Council of Magistracy, filling its vacancies, and ensuring staff shortages in the judiciary and prosecution are efficiently covered if mass resignations occur. The event was part of an EU-funded project.