Igor Grosu, President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova: The Romanian presence here must be as pronounced as possible
The President of the Parliament of the Republic of Moldova, Igor Grosu, stated in an interview for Digi24.ro that the Romanian presence in the neighboring country “should be more pronounced”. The statement of the second man in the Moldovan state came in the context of the joint meeting of the governments of Moldova and Romania, which took place on Friday in Chisinau.
Alexandru Rotaru: A historic moment for the Republic of Moldova. How do you see the meeting of the two governments and how important is it?
Igor Grosu: It really is a historical moment, with a load and symbolic content, but also concrete. It is the fifth, if I’m not mistaken, joint meeting of the governments of Romania and the Republic of Moldova, but the new element, which takes place in Chisinau, is a range of agreements that have been signed, I told you, beyond symbolism are things that will have an impact . on the grass, as we say, will be felt by all citizens, and here we must mention those 100 million, donation to the citizens of the Republic of Moldova, local communities … And traditionally, when Romania, at least in the minds of teachers, of children, the repaired kindergarten appears, or school transport, or …
Alexandru Rotaru: Hundreds of kindergartens have been renovated in the Republic of Moldova, as far as I know.
Igor Grosu: 1,100.
Alexandru Rotaru: From the money of the Government of Bucharest, and I recently saw a survey on how the citizens of the Republic of Moldova perceive foreign aid. There were some worrying figures, with 61% of the citizens of the Republic of Moldova believing that exports go to the Russian Federation, or those do not exceed 20%. The question is whether the Government of Chisinau, you, will take more diligent, more inclined steps to inform, because the money from Bucharest comes, and it is very good, the question is whether people will come to understand why that money comes and where from.
Igor Grosu: I will explain to you and I will have to say that together we will have to make this effort, and I, every time I meet with colleagues from the Romanian Parliament, Senate, Government, embassies, that’s what I tell them, the Romanian presence here must be as visible as possible. . and as pronounced as possible. But what you said is correct. It is, in fact, the product of import propaganda, so to speak. We, the Parliament, also have a very important task, right now we are working on a bill, amendments, which will come to counteract, to stop the propaganda.
Alexandru Rotaru: How? I turned on the TV last night here and watched most of the Russian-language stations.
Igor Grosu: These are also conditions that imply the obligation to develop the local product, you don’t just buy the right to retransmit and give, I don’t know, entertainment, music, talk shows and so on. Not. If you want, for example, to benefit from the advertising market, to have access to this budget, or to benefit from certain facilitated products, you must have a local, you must respect the correctness of opinions, ask the one who interests them and so on. We, on the one hand, have come up with a new composition of the Audiovisual Council, we hope to start a position soon, they have all the support from the Legislature, but we also come with this tool, I mean laws, to reduce propaganda. Because, in terms of propaganda, we have propaganda, fakes, yes, in the vaccination campaign, against the EU, against Romania, we have to say it like that …
Alexandru Rotaru: Who’s doing the propaganda?
Igor Grosu: They are nostalgic for the Soviet Union or the restoration of the Soviet empire and so on. We also have a region that you know is secessionist, where everything that is Western is presented as a bau-bau, but believe me, if it is a question of wanting to be more mobile, it also applies to the Romanian passport and citizenship, and to Bulgarian citizenship, which only, only have access. So, we have work to do and even yesterday, in a meeting with the Romanian senators, this topic was also addressed – while most exports are to the EU, look, propaganda from the East succeeds.