MEP Luis Lazarus drew attention in the plenary session of the European Parliament to the fact that priests had been beaten in Chernivtsi, Ukraine, and that the Romanian minority had always been mistreated in Ukraine. He also said that he agrees with Moldova’s accession and voted in favor of it in the European Union, but wonders whether it would not have been simpler to unite with Romania.

Yesterday, priests were beaten in Chernivtsi, Ukraine. Orthodox priests of the Romanian community. Last year, the Metropolitan was beaten and has been dragged through fictitious trials for years.

The Romanian minority has always been mistreated in Ukraine. And now I don’t understand, don’t these states that are about to join the European Union have to respect the rights of minorities?

We always talk about LGBT minorities, but we don’t talk about a minority as important as the Romanian one, so over half a million people in Ukraine have also invented a Moldovan language. There is no Moldovan language, just as there is no Moldovan republic.

Moldova is a region of Romania. The fact that there is a Moldovan republic is only because a Bolshevik and a Nazi made the Ribbentrop-Molotov pact 85 years ago, and Romania has not yet denounced this pact.

So, don’t get me wrong, I agree that Moldova should join, and I voted in favor of this in the European Union. But wouldn’t it have been simpler to unite with Romania? It would have been much simpler, I think.” Luis Lazarus: I agree that Moldova should join, and I voted in favor of this in the European Union. But wouldn’t it have been simpler for it to unite with Romania