Moldova's new prime minister, Natalia Gavrilița, gets more excited when she talks about fighting corruption than about EU enlargement.
Her country broke out of the Soviet Union 30 years ago and signed a trade treaty with the EU in 2014.
It was never invited to join Europe, the way neighbouring Romania and Western Balkan states were.
But when asked by EUobserver in Brussels on Monday (27 September) if Moldovan people understood EU enlargement policy, Gavrilița said: "Peopl...
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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's foreign editor, writing about foreign and security issues since 2005. He is Polish, but grew up in the UK, and lives in Brussels. He has also written for The Guardian, The Times of London, and Intelligence Online.