According to Minister of Economic Development and Digitalization Eugeniu Osmochescu, the labor market for EU citizens has already been liberalized to the maximum extent possible. However, the country needs additional labor resources for sustainable economic growth.
“The next step is to continue liberalizing the labor market in Moldova in 2026 by attracting labor from non-European Union countries. If you have a car but there is no fuel in it, you only contribute to inflation, but not to development – not to the movement of this car and not to the development of the economy. It is very simple: to grow, you need to build; to build, you need those who will build,” the minister said on TV8.
Osmokescu specified that the issue is also about the development of seasonal employment, primarily in agriculture.
He added that representatives of non-EU states, particularly from India and Bangladesh, are already working in Moldova.
The minister specified that the attraction of foreign labor will be carried out in strict compliance with all the requirements related to national security.
Bring back the diaspora
Osmochescu also advocated for the return of the diaspora. According to him, there is a recent tendency that some citizens prefer to stay in the country and find employment in the field of information and communication technologies.
Last year, the Parliament adopted the Law on the free movement and residence of EU citizens and their family members on the territory of Moldova. The purpose of the draft law is “to create a national legal framework, compliant with EU requirements, which will regulate and facilitate the exercise of the right of EU citizens and their family members to free movement and residence on the territory of Moldova, including free access to the labor market”.
