Moldavia

Published
12/07/2025 – 7:00 CEST

In this new edition of ‘Brussels, I love you?’our guests are Ricardo Borges de Castropolitical analyst and expert in European affairs, Carmen Rengelcorrespondent in Brussels for Huffington Post, and Toni Comínelected Eurodiput of Juntsxcatalunya.

The war in Ukraine continues incessantly. Just a few hours after a phone call between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin last week, Russia launched a record number of drones against Ukraine. Trump seems to be increasingly fed up with Moscow, since he has announced more Weapon shipments to kyiv Just a few days after pausing them. Is this your last word?

“Trump is trying to play the role of a peacemaker, so much that he is driving that he wants the Nobel Prize, but of course we have not had that peace he promised in 24 hours or we are having some some fair negotiations“Rengel said.

And can Europe take a step forward and replace US weapons In case Trump changed again?

“The question cannot be just how we do to prevent Russia from winning war,” Comín said. “We have to ask ourselves another question, which is what we do and what we have not done well for Bring Russia to democracy and respect for international law. ”

In this episode we also talk about the government of MoldaviaEU candidate country since 2022, who is pressing for accelerate your adhesion process and escape the Russian claws. For now, Brussels is not very enthusiastic about it, especially since it would mean separating Moldova from Ukraine, and Brussels prefers that both countries advance in unison.

But if Moldova can continue demonstrating Tangible reforms y economic resilienceCan the argument be ignored in favor of a rapid adhesion? What message would you send a rapid adhesion of Moldova?

“Who is trying to create a distinction between Ukraine and Moldova is the Lord [Viktor] Orbán“Borges de Castro has argued, adding that, for the moment, it is better to keep together the adhesion processes of Moldova and Ukraine.

Finally, in ‘Brussels, I love you?’ We talked about Denmark’s decision to expand the Mandatory Military Service to women over eighteen. The Danish decision has caused mixed reactions, although this model already exists in other European countries such as Sweden and Norway. Does Europe have to get used to a new normality in rearme?

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You can see the complete debate in the video.