Georgian PM: “important day” as awaits EU membership questionnaire
The Georgian Government will receive the questionnaire from Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement. Photo: Government Administration
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Irakli Garibashvili, the Georgian Prime Minister, has noted an “important day” for the country with the Foreign Minister set to receive the questionnaire for European Union membership from the European Commissioner.
In comments on the next step of the EU membership application, Garibashvili said the progress made by Georgia in relations with the Union was the “merit” of the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party, the Government Administration said.
The process has started. Now we will receive the questionnaire. This process requires the highest involvement from all state bodies. I will personally oversee this process, I will be personally involved in it, and we must deliver the completed questionnaire to Brussels as soon as possible,” Garibashvili noted.
The Georgian Government will receive the questionnaire from Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
The EU official said the questionnaires would help the European Commission to prepare opinions on EU applications of the applicant countries.
Now is the time to step up efforts to strengthen business and economic ties between Georgia and Europe, with Germany poised to “work hard” to move this process forward, German Ambassador to Georgia Hubert Knirsch said on Wednesday.
The Georgian Parliament has approved the resolution on the country’s European Union integration during the plenary session on Tuesday.
A total of 111 MPs voted in favour of the resolution, with no votes against.
The European Council on Friday invited the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, to submit its opinions on the EU membership applications of the Republic of Moldova and Georgia.
The Georgian Government will receive the European Union membership questionnaire, the next step in its process of application to join the Union, today from Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili has called on fuel importer companies to adjust their prices “as soon as possible” at the weekly Government meeting on Monday.
Georgia will provide comprehensive answers to the questionnaire for its European Union membership bid, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament, said on Monday.
Oliver Varhelyi, the European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, handed over the European Union membership questionnaire to the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Monday.
The submission of the questionnaire for Georgia’s European Union membership bid is a “very important process” that will be completed in the “shortest possible time”, Lasha Khutsishvili, the Minister of Finance of Georgia, said on Monday.
Georgia will “spare no effort” to fill out the European Union membership questionnaire and proceed to the next stages of the application process, Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Monday.
Georgia's official application for European Union membership, and the European Parliament's support for the country were discussed in a meeting between Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and a delegation of the European Parliament in Tbilisi on Monday.
The “ball is in Georgia's court” on the “big and difficult” job on the path of the country’s European Union membership process, Carl Hartzell, the EU Ambassador to Georgia, said at a press conference on the handover of the membership questionnaire to Georgian authorities on Monday.
Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili has called on “everyone” in the country to unite, making the plea in a briefing over Georgian authorities receiving the questionnaire for European Union membership on Monday.
The war in Ukraine and Georgia’s accelerated European integration process were discussed on Tuesday in a phone call between the Georgian President Salome Zourabichvili and her German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
Measures to be taken to complete the European Union membership questionnaire submitted to Georgian authorities by the European Commission on Monday were discussed at the 62nd session of the Governmental Commission on EU Integration on Friday.