Natalia Gavrilitsa
This conclusion was made by the former prime minister on the basis of the data of the sociological survey “Barometer of Entrepreneurs”, which was conducted among Moldovan companies.
“We see optimism in the business environment – more than 60 percent of entrepreneurs believe that the country is moving in the right direction. We also see that the number of entrepreneurs who consider themselves pro-European is growing: if in October last year they were 78%, now they are 82%,” Gavrilita emphasized.
According to the survey, 66% of respondents believe that things in the country are going in the right direction (in 2024 – 57.9%), while 23.2% hold the opposite opinion (a year earlier – 27.2%).
When asked to compare the current economic situation with last year, 26.4% of entrepreneurs noted improvement, 29.1% – stability, and 26.7% – deterioration. At the same time, 35.3% of respondents believe that the economy will improve over the next year, 14% believe that it will worsen, and 23.3% believe that it will remain unchanged.
About 44% of respondents said that the financial condition of their companies remains stable. Large and medium-sized enterprises give more positive assessments, while microbusinesses more often speak about stagnation. Industry, transport and trade see the situation more positively, while agriculture and the service sector are more skeptical.
Almost three quarters of respondents believe that European integration will bring significant benefits to the country and businesses. However, only half assess themselves as ready for EU accession. The most prepared are HoReCa, construction and service sectors, while agriculture is the least prepared.
Dumitru Pinta, an expert of the Partnership for New Economy, noted that capital exists in the country, but it is necessary to improve its accessibility for business: “What needs to be done is to ensure the flow of capital to entrepreneurs. Through state guarantees on loans where there is no collateral, through compensation of interest rates or through the provision of long-term capital for more than five years. The state and the banking system need to work more actively in this direction. It is also important to develop the non-banking sector, as Romania has done in the last 10-15 years, turning the capital market into a reliable tool for business.
The Entrepreneur Barometer study was conducted by the Partnership for a New Economy, in collaboration with CBS-Research and INSCOP Romania, on a representative sample of 1,004 entrepreneurs across the country between June 18 and July 10, 2025.
