Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee – Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of th...

Official Journal of the European Union C/2025/2965 16.6.2025 Opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee EN C series Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the Council, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions: Communication on the Moldova Growth Plan (COM(2024) 470 final) (C/2025/2965) Rapporteur: Dumitru FORNEA Advisor Adrian LUPUŞOR, rapporteur’s advisor, Group II Referral European Commission, 9.10.2024 Legal basis Article 304 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union Section responsible External Relations Adopted in section 10.3.2025 Adopted at plenary session 26.3.2025 Plenary session No 595 Outcome of vote (for/against/abstentions) 142/0/1 1. Conclusions and recommendations 1.1. The European and Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomes the European Commission’s initiative and the European Parliament’s report on the Moldova Growth Plan – the largest financial support package the EU has ever granted to Moldova, consisting of EUR 1,5 billion in concessional loans, EUR 285 million in non-repayable financial support (grants) and EUR 135 million set aside to provision the loans (9 % provision on the total volume of concessional loans), planned for 2025-2027. 1.2. The EESC supports the position of the European Commission and the European Parliament to engage the social partners, civil society organisations (CSOs), the expert community, academia and local public...