Eurasia Press & News
Moldova is set to receive an EU grant of up to €90 million to help it through the financial crisis, following a vote at Parliament’s Committee on International Trade on Monday.
Members of the committee overwhelmingly backed plans to provide the funds when they approved a report by by Iuliu Winkler (EPP, RO) by 20 votes to 1 with no abstentions. A final vote by the full Parliament will take place on 7 September in Strasbourg.
The money will help Chisinau to finance its balance-of-payments deficit and meet its budgetary needs, and will supplement IMF, World Bank and other bilateral support already granted to Moldova. It will be made available in three or four instalments: two in 2010 and one or two in 2011.
