Austria ratifies Georgia-EU Association Agreement
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The Austrian National Council has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The legislative body of Austria voted in favour of the ratification of the Georgia-EU deal at a plenary session yesterday, July 8.
With this vote Austria became the 23rd EU country to ratify the Georgia-EU deal.
The issue was presented to the Austrian Parliament by Claudia Durchschlag, a member of the Austrian People’s Party.
The ratification process was also attended by Austria’s Minister of Foreign Affairs and Integration Sebastian Kurz, who delivered a speech at the session that outlined the "great importance” of cooperation between Austria and Georgia.
He also noted the Association Agreement would strengthen the relationship between Georgia and the EU.
The Georgia-EU AA deal has already been ratified by European Parliament and 23 of 28 EU member states.
EU Association deal must be ratified by all 28 EU member countries before they can be fully implemented.
The AA deal was signed by Georgia and the EU on June 27, 2014 in Brussels.
The Kingdom of Netherlands has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski completed the ratification of the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU) today.
The National Assembly of the Republic of Slovenia has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
The House of Representatives of the Republic of Cyprus has ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Both Chambers of Parliament of the Czech Republic finished the ratification process of the Association Agreement signed by the European Union and Georgia on June 27, 2014 in Brussels.
Members of the Portugal National Assembly voted today in favour of the ratification of the Association Agreement (AA) made between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Today, the UK’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs Philip Hammond signed the document, meaning Britain has completed the ratification process of the important EU-Georgia deal.
The EU-Georgia Association Agreement was ratified today by members of the European Parliament. See all tweets with hashtags #Georgia and #AA in one Twitter feed.
European Parliament has approved the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (AA). The deal was approved today in Strasbourg.
When it comes into force, the AA will help establish deeper political association and economic integration between the EU and Georgia, including the progressive opening up of their respective markets.
Today the French Senate ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
Seven European Parliament Members (MEPs) are in Tbilisi to meet their local counterparts and discuss the progress Georgia was making towards European integration.
Today the Parliament of the Republic of Greece ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).
One country left to ratify deal
Italy has become the 27th of 28 European Union (EU) member states to ratify the Georgia-EU Association Agreement (AA).
This afternoon Usupashvili announced Belgium – the final EU state to sign the Georgia-EU deal – had penned the agreement this morning. Through this step, the Georgia-EU AA ratification process was completed.
The stable and calm pre-election environment that is present in Georgia prior to upcoming important elections is clearly visible,” the second President of the National Council of Austria Karlheinz Kopf told Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili at a meeting in Tbilisi.
Four years have passed since the signing of the historic Association Agreement deal between Georgia and the EU.Georgia has received more than €400 million in financial support from the EU since the signing of the agreement on June 27, 2014, the Georgian Foreign Ministry says. The Foreign Ministry says that Georgia has progressed much in terms of legal and institutional integration with the EU and has become a member of Europe’s energy union.