The Polish national team will play on Tuesday in the European Championship qualifiers with . It will be our first football game against this country in 10 years. The match Moldova – Poland will start at 20:45. However, emotions are stirred not only by the match itself, but also by the difficult economic situation in Moldova.
Moldova is one of the poorest countries in Europe
During the upcoming match against Poland, Moldovans will certainly support their team unanimously, but when it comes to politics and the future of the country, there are strong divisions – some citizens look with hope to the West, others sympathize with Russia. The country, where one in four inhabitants of Moldova lives below the poverty line, is struggling with a weak economy and mass emigration. These two problems mean that football in Moldova is at a very low level.
– In recent decades, millions have emigrated, the country’s population has shrunk significantly, it is really small. In 2013, four million people lived here, ten years later they are only two and a half million, almost twice as many, explained the spokesman of the Moldovan national team, Victor Daghi, in an interview with the service. – Poverty looks us all in the eye. Football is linked to the economy. There will be no serious ball with declining finances. There are no sponsors for the local clubs, leagues, tournaments, cups, competitions and players. Nothing will happen without money he stressed.
Moldova wants to join the European Union. Russia accused of sabotage
On the one hand, the people of Moldova want accession to the European Union. Recall that at the end of May, a demonstration in favor of joining the EU was held on the Grand National Assembly Square in Chisinau. 75,000 people took part in the demonstration. people, and the Union is not passive either. In mid-June, the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, signed a decision granting Moldova another package of financial assistance in the amount of EUR 145 million. Macroeconomic assistance will be used for the most important, current needs of Moldova, which a few months ago officially became a candidate for membership in the European Union together with Ukraine.
On the other hand, although Moldova has condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, it is still vulnerable to Moscow’s destabilizing actions. Moldovan President Maia Sandu accused Russia of sabotaging European integration by fueling anti-government protests. Another problem is Transnistria, a separatist region controlled by Russia. Russian troops are stationed there, described by Moscow as “peacekeepers”. According to analysts who deal with the international situation, Moldova is currently one of the countries for which the risk of Russian aggression is the most real. The country is neither a member of the European Union nor NATO.
Source: Gazeta
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