The political and socioeconomic crisis in North Africa and Near East can have a very negative impact on the allocation of EU funds to Moldova. Thus, the official Chisinau should hasten to do its homework as regards the Europeanization reforms. Such an opinion about the possibility of shifting EU funds from east to south was expressed by politologist and expert in European communitarian institutions Mihai Cernencu The expert stated for Info-Prim Neo that though the European Union assured it will continue to support Moldova’s European integration efforts, Brussels might stop releasing funds following the latest events in Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and other countries of the region. “The Moldovan authorities should elect the head of state as soon as possible and fulfill the commitments made to the European Union,” Mihai Cernencu said. The politologist said that the Mediterranean rim countries and the EU signed a partnership and cooperation agreement ten years ago, but, because some of those countries are governed by authoritarian regimes, the EU was not disposed to go in that direction. Unlike that period, the latest events in Egypt and the chain protests may motivate Brussels to turn its eye to North Africa and Near East. Earlier this week, France and five other south-lying EU members have said the Union should give less money to its post-Soviet neighbours and more to Mediterranean rim countries in the context of the Arab uprisings. A letter to EU foreign affairs chief Catherine Ashton dated February 16 and signed by the foreign ministers of France, Spain, Cyprus, Greece, Malta and Slovenia says: "The profound popular movements calling for political, economic and social reforms in Tunisia and Egypt argue in favor of reinforcing the European Union's actions in its southern neighborhood." For the given initiative to be accepted by the EU administrative bodies, its should gain the support of 15 EU member states.