EU’s Borrell says bloc’s “door open” for Georgia as Commission recommends candidacy
Borrell said Georgian citizens had shown their “unshaken commitment to European values many times”. Photo: IPN
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Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative and the Vice President of the European Commission, on Wednesday said the bloc’s door was “open” for Georgia after the European Commission recommended the European Council to grant Georgia its membership candidate status next month.
The Georgian people have shown their unshaken commitment to European values many times.
— Josep Borrell Fontelles (@JosepBorrellF) November 8, 2023
The European Commission today recommend to grant Georgia the EU candidate status.
The EU's door is open. We will continue supporting #Georgia on its EU path. pic.twitter.com/OLg1hwiCfH
In his tweet, the official said Georgian citizens had shown their “unshaken commitment to European values many times”, and pledged the bloc would continue its support for Tbilisi on its European integration path.
Georgia officially applied for EU membership in March 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and was granted a European perspective and a reform agenda to obtain the bloc’s candidacy.