Moldovan Governments in Perspective – With the Alliance towards European Integration?
Moldovan Governments in Perspective – With the Alliance towards European Integration?

Summary/Abstract: The collapse of the Communist Party in Moldova in 2009 went hand in hand with high hopes for changes in the country. However, the new government’s continued failure to elect a president has instead aroused memories of the 1990s. At that time, the country fell apart both politically and economically: A process that was only halted when the Communists came into power under Voronin. The paper analyses whether anything has changed in Moldova since the tumultuous events of 2009. It compares the former Communist government under Voronin with the current rule of the ‘Alliance for European Integration’. It argues that even though it was the Communist Party that brought Moldova onto a more ambitious path towards European integration, it was the Alliance that added a credible political component to this process. In some areas, reforms continued to progress only slowly. Still, the country has become politically more liberal while maintaining its good record in areas of technical cooperation. Overall, even if the government were to fall as a result of the presidential crisis, Moldova’s current path towards European integration seems to be set.

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