Parliament Vice Speaker “confident” European Council will grant Georgia membership candidate status
Despite criticism from some Members of the European Parliament, the ruling Georgian Dream party believes that given the “progress” made in recent years, Georgia has the prospects of gaining the candidate status, Volski said. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Gia Volski, a ruling party MP and the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday said he was “confident” the European Council would analyse “in depth” the “reality created around Georgia” and grant the country the European Union membership candidate status.
Despite criticism from some Members of the European Parliament, the ruling Georgian Dream party believes that given the “progress” made in recent years, Georgia has the prospects of gaining the candidate status, Volski said.
I am confident that the political leaders of the European Union, the European Council, will analyse in depth the reality that has arisen around Georgia, the threats Georgia faces, and will make the correct decision and grant Georgia the candidate status”, he noted.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday criticised the European Parliament resolution on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists in Georgia by saying the document was “not worth a dime”.
The Georgian official called “extremely disturbing” the fact of “such a high-ranking institution” of the European Union “falling a victim to fakes” in its approval of the resolution, and added the resolution had “nothing to do with European values”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday criticised the European Parliament resolution on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists in Georgia by saying the document was “not worth a dime”.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, on Wednesday said granting the European Union member candidate status to the Associated Trio countries of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova was not a “technical or bureaucratic” question but a “very important geopolitical decision”.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, on Friday said the country had made “significant progress” on its European integration path and expressed hope the European Union would make the “correct decision” and grant it the EU member candidate status.
The Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday said the European Union should demonstrate a “long-term interest” in the Black Sea region by granting membership candidate status to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
Irakli Chikovani, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said he was “convinced” the resolution on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists in Georgia, adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday, would not “cast a shadow” over the “progress made” by the country.
Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday said the resolution on violations of media freedom and the safety of journalists in Georgia, adopted by the European Parliament on Thursday, “diverges from reality”, “lacks fairness” and “contains distorted facts”.