European Parliament recommends deeper EU ties with Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova
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The European Parliament proposes new ways to intensify European Union (EU) relations with Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in the run-up to the Eastern Partnership Summit on 24 November.
A new parliament report is calling to deepen the trio’s collaboration with the EU further and find new ways to support the countries on the EU’s eastern borders.
The parliament said that the report has already been adopted by the foreign affairs committee and will be voted on by all members of parliament during the November plenary session in Strasbourg.
"The main focus is on Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova, three countries which have recently achieved major progress in cooperation with the EU”, the European Parliament said.
One of the recommendation by the committee is the establishment of a trust fund for Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
"The trust fund is a development tool for quick and flexible EU response to crisis and post-crisis situations. It would pool resources from public and private donors for investment in projects aimed at improving socioeconomic structures”, the Parliament said.
The committee also recommends increased support for economic reforms and upgrading the current partnership as a way of rewarding progress on EU-related reforms by partner countries. This upgrade could provide access to the EU's customs or energy union, for example.
"The creation of an Eastern Partnership Plus model for associated countries with the possibility of a future membership in the customs, energy and digital union is crucial”, said Laima Andrikiene, Lithuanian member of the European parliament and one of the authors of the report.
These measures add to the structures and projects for cooperation and development in the region already in place by the EU. The proposal emphasises the need to maintain pressure on Russia to resolve the territorial conflicts involving these countries.
"This is particularly relevant at the moment as EU sanctions against Russia will be reevaluated in January 2018”, the parliament said.
EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini says that the European Union and the Eastern Partnership (EaP) need each other to carry out a "very ambitions EU program” which should be carried out by 2020.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will take part in the upcoming fifth Eastern Partnership Summit (EaP) in Brussels, Belgium on November 24.
Kvirikashvili has been officially invited by the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Estonian Prime Minister Jüri Ratas.
The Visegrad Group (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) reaffirms its strong support for the Eastern Partnership and considers it a key factor in the stability of Eastern Europe.
Georgia is successfully delivering on its reform commitments, says the latest report from the European Union (EU). It stresses that Georgia's implementation of its Association Agenda in 2017 confirms the country's commitment to political association and economic integration to the EU.
The European Parliament says that three Eastern Partners – Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova – have done well with their reform agenda so they deserve to be offered greater benefits at the upcoming Eastern Partnership summit.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili will participate in the upcoming Eastern Partnership (EaP) Summit in Brussels, Belgium tomorrow on November 24. Having left to Brussels today, PM Kvirikashvili met with the President of the European Council Donald Tusk, who praised Georgia as a reliable and exemplary EU partner.
Leaders from the EU member states and the six Eastern Partner countries have convened in Brussels today for the fifth Eastern Partnership summit. The event aims to deepen ties between the EU and Georgia, Ukraine, Moldova Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus.
Georgia’s Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili is participating in the fifth Eastern Partnership summit in Brussels, Belgium today. On the sideline of the event he held bilateral meetings with different European officials.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met with his French counterpart, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in Brussels today. Philippe emphasised France’s unwavering support of Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Prime Minister of Georgia Giorgi Kvirikashvili has met with his French counterpart, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe in Brussels today. Philippe emphasised France’s unwavering support of Georgia’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.
Georgia is successfully delivering on its reform commitments taken within the Association Agreement (AA) signed with the European Union (EU). This is the conclusion of yesterday’s discussion at the European Parliament's Committee on International Trade, which reviewed the implementation process of the AA signed with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Georgian Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili hosted European parliament members at the government administration today. Welcoming the Georgian reforms, the MEPs expressed their unanimous support towards the country’s progress on its path to Euro-integration.
The European Parliament has endorsed a European Commission's proposal to provide further macro-financial assistance worth of €45 million to help Georgia cover part of its external financing needs for the period of 2017-2020. The European Parliament approved the €45 million in macro-financial assistance with 570 votes in favour and 108 against.
The European Union is allocating 11.8 million GEL to fund eight new projects in Georgia in order to support civil society and human rights in the country.
The Council of the European Union is providing up to €45 million in macro-financial assistance to Georgia to help cover the country’s financing needs, support economic stabilisation and its agenda for structural reforms.