European Union in the Republic of Moldova

The Delegation of the European Union to the Republic of Moldova was opened in the centre of Chisinau, in October 2005.

The Delegation has the status of a diplomatic mission and officially represents the European Union in the Republic of Moldova.

The European Commission is one of the institutions of the European Union, the others being the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union, the Court of Justice and the Court of Auditors.

The accession of Romania and Bulgaria on the 1 January 2007 completed the fifth enlargement of the EU that had started in May 2004. Today the European Union is made up of 28 Member States; it has a population of around 499 million and is the largest trading bloc in the world.