Ruling party MP: Georgia will receive EU membership status in June
The MP called an acquisition of the membership status a “historic chance” for Georgia, adding it would be a “beautiful crowning” of the reforms and policies of the Government in the economy and the constitution. Photo: Irakli Zarkua's Facebook Page.
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Georgia will receive European Union member status at the end of June, Irakli Zarkua, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Tuesday.
Zarkua said receiving the EU membership status “will be the merit” of every citizen of the country, adding all state agencies were involved in filling out the country’s membership questionnaire with “great responsibility”.
The MP called an acquisition of the membership status a “historic chance” for Georgia, adding it would be a “beautiful crowning” of the reforms and policies of the Government in the economy and the constitution.
The Georgian Government will hand over the second completed part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire to the European Commission on Tuesday. Based on the questionnaire, the European Commission will prepare an evaluation report on granting candidate status to the country.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday thanked state agencies and individuals who “spared no effort” in completing the second, more voluminous part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire “in the shortest possible time”.
The Georgian Government will hand over the second completed part of the country’s European Union membership questionnaire to the European Commission by Tuesday, Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said at a briefing on Friday.
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.
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.