Accession of Moldova to the European Union

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

Accession of Moldova to the European Union
StatusCandidate (screening)
Earliest possible entry2030
Application
Membership application3 March 2022
Candidate status23 June 2022
ScreeningOngoing process
Screened & negotiations commence
Clusters unopen35
Chapters unopen6
Clusters open0
Chapters open0
Clusters closed0
Chapters closed0
Memberships & Treaties
Association Agreement
1 July 2016
Economic and monetary policy
EU Free Trade AgreementFree 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
Euro & the EurozoneThe 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 CommunityMember since March 2010
EuratomThe 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.
ENTSO-EMoldelectrica has been an Observer Member since 22 November 2023
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
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
International Criminal Court (ICC)On 12 October 2010, the Republic of Moldova confirmed ratification of the Rome Statute.
International Court of Justice (ICJ)Moldova has been entitled to appear before the Court since 2 March 1992.
Impact (27+1)
Population446,828,803450,900,630
0.5%
Area4,233,262 km2
1,634,472 mi2		4,267,105 km2
1,647,539 mi2
1%
incl. Transnistria
HDI0.8960.891 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%
Gini30.029.86 0.1%
Official Languages2424 (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.
Politics of Moldova

Government of Moldova

Constitution
Parliament
Judiciary
Executive
Administrative divisions
Elections
Foreign relations
  • Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration
    Minister: Nicu Popescu
  • Diplomatic missions of / in Moldova
  • Nationality law
  • Passport
  • Visa requirements
  • Visa policy
  • Moldova–European Union relations
  • Moldova–NATO relations
  • Moldova–Romania relations
  • Moldova–Russia relations
  • Moldova–Ukraine relations
 Moldova portal
  • Other countries

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.

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

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