EP approves macro-financial assistance of €150 million for Moldova
Regional today
Monday, March 28, 2022, 2:00 p.m.
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The European Parliament announced on Thursday that it would provide 150 million euros in macro-financial assistance to Moldova to help cover part of its external financing needs.
The €120 million in loans and €30 million in grants will be disbursed in three tranches until 2024, with the first tranche scheduled for this summer, the EP said in a press release.
For the money to be disbursed, Moldova must show good progress in implementing a macroeconomic program put in place by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the EP said.
Moldova also needs to put in place additional policy measures to be co-signed with the EU to, inter alia, recover assets lost after bank fraud in 2014, reform public financial management, the justice sector, public procurement and improving labor rights.
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