The principle of unanimity in the European Union - a threat to the national security of the Republic of Moldova on the path to european integration?

The present research aims to examine the subject – to what extent, the principle of unanimity, enshrined at the level of the European Union, when it comes to decisions of major importance for the proper functioning of the Union, is able to endanger the dream of the Republic of Moldova’s accession to the European Union. In fact, not only of the Republic of Moldova, but also of other candidate states. The collapse of that dream, or at least, the speculations made on its account, could bring to the forefront discussions about abandoning the integration process (with or without reorientation towards interstate formations in which the Russian Federation politically dominates), would seriously affect the national security of the Republic of Moldova, would threaten our sovereignty and independence. In a simplistic approach, let us imagine the situation when certain political forces within the country (fortified by hostile actors from outside), especially during election campaigns, begin to pedal on the idea that “…no one expects the Republic of Moldova to be a part of the European Union…”; “…right-wing parties, which are gaining ground in the member states, are against the further expansion of the European Union…”; “…the European Union is dominated by Euroscepticism…”; “…the principle of unanimity in adopting the decision to accept new members into the European Union makes it practically impossible to approve the candidacy of the Republic of Moldova (one hypothesis being Hungary’s hostility, for example, towards the accession of Ukraine)…” etc. In this article, we propose to demolish, through the force of scientific arguments, possible attempts to threaten the integrationist path of the Republic of Moldova and to propose solutions to strengthen the legal security and the national security of our country.