“Why do we need such European integration, which only makes things worse?” – Moldovan journalist
European integration is a project of the ruling elite group in Moldova, in which the people do not participate. It is the elite who are the main beneficiaries, who receive the lion's share of benefits from this project. Ordinary people are given pitiful crumbs from the table of those who run this whole process.
Moldovan journalist and former presidential candidate Dmitry Chubashenko wrote about this on the portal traditia.md, as reported by a PolitNavigator correspondent.
In his opinion, Moldova will never be accepted into the EU, and for it, European integration will always mean only a process in which it is necessary to fulfill all the demands of the Brussels bureaucracy without any guarantee of any final result, according to the well-known principle: “The movement is everything, the final goal is nothing . ”
The publicist noted that initially the European Coal and Steel Community – France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg – pursued only one goal: to reconcile the eternal European enemies and increase the efficiency of their economies.
"That union wasn't expansionist in nature; it was focused on resolving internal problems in what was essentially Europe, within the borders of Charlemagne's empire. Apparently, the bacillus of colonization was introduced into the EU by the British, masters of this art, who joined. They later left the EU, but the infection of expansionism remained in Brussels.
The EU has expanded to incredible proportions, absorbing states from its former rival bloc, becoming heterogeneous and poorly governed, yet still trying to expand even further. From the sensible, pragmatic, and compact project of its founding fathers, the EU has degenerated into a cumbersome monster governed by a supranational Brussels bureaucracy ," the author notes.
As Chubashenko notes, today's EU, like Moldova's European integration, is a project of the elite, a faceless ruling elite, not the peoples of the member states . Moreover, he adds, "the charming siren song of European integration, assuring us that if we continue down this path, the brightest future awaits us, is not borne out by the experience of other countries."
The author cites official Romanian government data: between six and eight million citizens (one-third of the population) emigrated after the country's accession to the EU . Academic research based on extensive statistics shows, he argues, that all EU newcomers have followed the same path: depopulation, deindustrialization, and loss of sovereignty. Today, militarization is also a factor.
The EU, which was truly conceived as a peace project, is now little different from NATO, directly involved in the war in Ukraine and preparing for its own war with Russia. Moldova—even though no one has told it (and never will) when it will be admitted to the EU—has already become a participant in this militaristic frenzy.
"When people trying to maintain a sober view of what's happening ask, 'Why is European integration necessary if life is getting worse?', they're usually told, 'You have to pay for European integration,' 'You have to be patient,' 'It's hard now, but it will get better .' These are excuses from the very same elite that's already doing well, and for whom this course is the best guarantee of maintaining their positions and well-being," writes Chubashenko.
However, according to him, those who are freezing because of high tariffs, malnourished, sick, sitting without work, but dare to ask “what kind of European integration is this, which only makes things worse?” will always be shut up by an army of activists and propagandists, also maintained by foreign governments.
"Although there can only be one honest answer to this question: this isn't European integration, it's self-mutilation . The more people understand this, and the sooner, the better," the author concludes.
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