Moldova is the only EU candidate country that has achieved 28 of its 30 accession objectives.
72% confidence
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The figure '28 of 30' refers specifically to the reforms Moldova committed to complete by the end of 2025 under the first phase of its National Programme for the Accession of the Republic of Moldova to the EU (NPA, approved 28 May 2025), not to the Commission's negotiating-chapter or enlargement-report criteria.
The comparative qualifier 'only EU candidate country' could not be verified: no source found compares Moldova's implementation rate with those of other candidate countries (Ukraine, Albania, North Macedonia, Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina).
No primary source (Moldovan government page or European Commission document) was retrieved directly in the searches; the figure rests on three independent news reports published in June 2026, all of which the MEP could have known before the 7 July 2026 session.
Sources
PrimaryEuropean Commission — Enlargement Package 2025The first EU-Moldova summit in July 2025 marked a new stage of cooperation and integration. Moldova has adopted roadmaps on the rule of law…
SecondaryRadio MoldovaThe government in Chisinau has successfully implemented 28 out of 30 reforms in the first phase of the program.
SecondaryTribuna (tribuna.md)…EU Enlargement Report and has completed 28 out of 30 reforms committed for 2025 — a 93% implementation rate. EU Commissioner for Enlargement…
SecondaryNew Union PostWith 28 out of 30 reforms due by the end of 2025 completed, two subsequent tranches of funds have already been disbursed…