Ruling party head highlights “optimistic” expectations about Georgia’s EU bid
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said Georgia was ahead of Ukraine and Moldova, the fellow states with European Union membership bids, in “all parameters” of EU integration. Photo: Georgian Dream Press Office
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Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said Georgia was ahead of Ukraine and Moldova, the fellow states with European Union membership bids, in “all parameters” of EU integration.
We know that Georgia is ahead of both Ukraine and Moldova in all parameters. We are ready for the membership candidate status, therefore, our expectations are optimistic”, the GD official said.
Kobakhidze stressed the Georgian authorities had carried out “a lot of work” in terms of completing the country’s membership questionnaire, on the basis of which the European Commission was preparing an evaluation report on granting the candidate status to the country.
The European Commission is expected to deliver its opinion on the EU candidacy of Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia on Friday. The Council is then expected to make a final decision on each country on June 23-24.
Speaker of the Georgian Parliament Shalva Papuashvili on Friday said if the opinion of the European Commission on the European Union candidacy of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia was “based on merit”, then Georgia deserved the membership candidate status.
Romanian President Klaus Iohannis on Wednesday said the European Union membership candidate status must be granted “as soon as possible” to the Associated Trio countries of Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia.
The Senate of Ireland on Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on the European Union and its institutions to grant Georgia the membership candidate status.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Sunday said that the Georgian authorities had “optimistic expectations” about the country’s European Union membership bid.
The European Commission on Friday recommended the European Council to grant Georgia “European prospective” before assessing how the country meets a number of conditions for receiving the European Union membership candidate status.