Moldova Frets of Being Forgotten as Ukraine Pushes for EU Entry
- Prime minister says Moldova needs grants to aid economy
- ‘The time is now’ for country to be considered EU candidate
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With all eyes on Ukraine as it strives to mount the first rung of the process to join the European Union, neighbor Moldova worries that its own push to join the bloc may be forgotten.
Sandwiched between Ukraine and Romania on the EU’s eastern frontier, Europe’s poorest nation has struggled since independence in 1991. It has suffered from rampant corruption, political swings between Moscow and the West and a frozen conflict in separatist-held Transnistria, where the presence of Russian troops poses a risk of spillover from the war next door.