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Accession of Moldova to the European Union
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This article is about the accession process of Moldova to the European Union. For the formal international relations between the European Union and Moldova, see Moldova–European Union relations.
The accession of Moldova to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU.
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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.[6]
On 14 December 2023, the European Council decided to open accession negotiations with Moldova.[7] It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine. Accession negotiations officially began on 25 June 2024, simultaneously as those with Ukraine.[8][9]