EU allocates €157 mln third tranche to Moldova under growth plan
In short
The European Commission has allocated Moldova a third tranche of €157 million under the country's 2025-2027 economic growth plan, which has a total budget of €1.9 billion. The commission said the decision was taken at Monday's 10th EU-Moldova Association Council meeting and followed a positive assessment of 18 reforms Moldova carried out under the plan. With the new financing, total EU support for Moldovan economic reforms comes to €661 million.
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The European Commission has allocated Moldova a third tranche of €157 million under the country's previously approved economic growth plan for 2025-2027, which has a total budget of €1.9 billion, the commission said. Interfax reported that the decision was taken on Monday at the 10th meeting of the EU-Moldova Association Council. [ 2 ]
The commission said the decision followed a positive assessment under which Moldova implemented 18 reforms linked to the growth plan. Those reforms covered all seven areas of the plan: private sector development, economic resilience, economic governance, social cohesion and labour markets, energy, the green transition and good governance, according to the commission's statement. [ 2 ]
With the new financing, total EU support for economic reforms in Moldova comes to €661 million, Interfax reported. Chisinau signed the reform and growth programme agreement with the EU in May 2025; the main volume of financing is €1.5 billion in long-term concessional loans with maturities of up to 40 years, including a grace period of up to 10 years, plus €385 million in grants. [ 2 ]
Moldova's government requested the €157 million in July, citing its implementation in the first half of the year of 18 of the 20 measures in the reform programme, and the commission had to approve the results for the tranche to be released, Interfax reported. The government said the reforms were aimed at strengthening energy security, digitalising state services, fighting corruption, protecting the environment and supporting the business environment. It also said 40 more reforms in the second half of 2026 would attract an additional €380.8 million, with 67 reforms planned for 2027. [ 2 ]
RIA Novosti, an official outlet, reported in a headline only that the European Union said it paid Moldova €157 million in financial assistance, describing the sum as part of financial aid. Neither document says where the association council meeting was held or when the funds will be transferred. [ 1 , 2 ]
Why it matters
The tranche is the third release under a €1.9 billion EU package for Moldova running to 2027, so further disbursements are tied to Chisinau completing the remaining reform measures. Moldova's government has said 40 more reforms in the second half of 2026 could attract an additional €380.8 million, linking the reform timetable directly to further EU financing.
Key facts
- The European Commission allocated Moldova a third tranche of €157 million under the previously approved 2025-2027 economic growth plan, whose total budget is €1.9 billion. [ 2 ]
- The decision was taken on Monday at the 10th meeting of the EU-Moldova Association Council. [ 2 ]
- With the new financing, total EU support for economic reforms in Moldova comes to €661 million. [ 2 ]
- The commission said Moldova implemented 18 reforms linked to the growth plan, covering all seven areas of the plan: private sector development, economic resilience, economic governance, social cohesion and labour markets, energy, the green transition and good governance. [ 2 ]
- Moldova signed the reform and growth programme agreement with the EU in May 2025: €1.5 billion in long-term concessional loans with maturities of up to 40 years, including up to 10 years of grace period, plus €385 million in grants. [ 2 ]
- Moldova's government requested the €157 million in July, citing implementation in the first half of the year of 18 of the 20 measures in the programme; the results had to be approved by the commission. [ 2 ]
- The Moldovan government said 40 more reforms in the second half of 2026 would attract an additional €380.8 million, with 67 reforms planned for 2027. [ 2 ]
Confirmed by several sources
Still unclear
- Whether the €157 million has been transferred or only approved The RIA Novosti headline says the EU announced paying the money, while Interfax describes a European Commission decision to allocate the tranche; neither document says when the funds are transferred.
- Where the 10th EU-Moldova Association Council meeting took place Neither document states the location of the meeting at which the decision was taken.
- The full reform schedule for 2027 The Interfax article text is cut off mid-sentence on the 2027 plans, so only the total of 67 reforms is available.