French Senate ratifies Georgia-EU Association Agreement

After completing all legal procedures, France will be the 25th EU country to ratify the Georgia-EU deal. Photo by Fastcompany.com.
Agenda.ge, 29 Oct 2015 - 15:29, Tbilisi,Georgia

Today the French Senate ratified the Association Agreement (AA) between Georgia and the European Union (EU).

The French Parliament is the bicameral legislature of the French Republic, consisting of the Senate and the National Assembly. 

Prior to the today’s voting the National Assembly approved the AA agreement between Georgia and the EU at its first reading and later the Senate confirmed the document without any amendments. 

Now a formal part of the process – the French President’s signature – is all that remained of the obligatory processes before ratification of the deal was completed.

With this vote France will become the 25th EU country to ratify the Georgia-EU deal.

The Georgia-EU Association deal has already been ratified by European Parliament and 24 of 28 EU member states.

EU Association deals must be ratified by all 28 EU member countries before they can be fully implemented.

Georgia’s AA deal was signed by a country representative and the EU on June 27, 2014 in Brussels.