EU membership questionnaire will be made public, Gov’t decides
Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili revealed the decision following the meeting, adding it would be ensured that the mentioned document becomes available to all interested parties “as soon as possible.” Photo: Government Administration
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Georgia’s European Union membership application questionnaire will be made public, a Government Commission meeting chaired by the Prime Minister decided on Friday.
Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili revealed the decision following the meeting, adding it would be ensured that the mentioned document becomes available to all interested parties “as soon as possible.”
We know that there is a very high public interest. The meeting of the Government Commission chaired by the Prime Minister of Georgia decided to make the European Union membership application questionnaire public. We will ensure that this document becomes available to all interested parties as soon as possible,” the top Georgian diplomat said.
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 questionnaire contains 369 questions, significantly less than ones received by other EU partners. Previously, forms including about 2,000-5,000 questions were received by countries aspiring to join the Union.
After the Georgian authorities respond to the questionnaire, the European Commission will prepare its report and forward it to the European Council. Georgia has 1.5 months to complete the questionnaire.
The Georgian Government will ensure the European Union membership application questionnaire, handed to them by European authorities, is completed with a “highest involvement” of all institutions, Parliament Vice Speaker Archil Talakvadze said on Thursday.
A group of Members of the European Parliament visiting Georgia said on Thursday they were “committed” to support Georgia on its European path and to stand by its people to stop any attempts by Russia to destabilise the country.
Georgia has made tangible progress toward European Union integration, Parliament Vice Speaker Archil Talakvadze said on Monday as Georgian authorities received the questionnaire for the country’s EU membership.
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 Government of Georgia has published the European Commission questionnaire for Georgia’s European Union membership on Friday, following a decision by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili to make the document public.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will meet his counterparts from the European Union when he visits Brussels between Monday and Wednesday.
Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, the Georgian Ambassador to Belgium and Luxembourg and the country's Representative to the European Union, on Sunday said the meetings of Foreign Minister Darchiashvili with his European counterparts in Brussels would be "important for gaining the support that our country will need in the coming weeks".