EU Delegation Acting Head calls for inclusiveness in Parliamentary work on Georgia’s membership status conditions
Crampes noted the EU Delegation would monitor the process in the Georgian Parliament and continue “high-level meetings” with all stakeholders from the ruling party and the opposition, as well as civil society representatives. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Julien Crampes, the Acting Head of the European Union Delegation to Georgia, on Thursday called for inclusiveness and involvement of opposition parties and civil society in the Parliamentary work on the 12-point conditions outlined by the EU for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Crampes noted the EU Delegation would monitor the process in the Georgian Parliament and continue “high-level meetings” with all stakeholders from the ruling party and the opposition, as well as civil society representatives.
Our message is that while working in the Parliament, we call for inclusiveness regarding the process, the involvement of the opposition parties and civil society, and as for the substance, we follow the association agenda [the 2017 EU-Georgia Association Agreement] agreed between the European Union and Georgia”, Crampes said.
The EU diplomat also added he had held several meetings with representatives of the ruling and opposition parties over the last two weeks to discuss the process of reforms - particularly noting those for the judiciary and the electoral code of the country.
In bilateral relations between Georgia and the European Union, the country will have “specific, tangible results very soon”, Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili said on Sunday, while commenting on the annual Association Agreement Implementation Report of the EU.
The European Union published its annual Association Implementation Report on Georgia on Friday. The report has reviewed Georgia’s implementation of reforms under the EU-Georgia Association Agreement over the past year.
Representatives of the European Union Delegation to Georgia and the United States Embassy on Wednesday met with members of the Georgian Parliamentary opposition to discuss the implementation of the conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country membership candidate status, the Georgian Parliament said.
The activities of the parliamentary working groups, created to review the judicial reforms for fulfilling the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Union for granting Georgia the membership candidate status, and the progress in the implementation process were discussed on Tuesday by Anri Okhanashvili, the Head of Georgian Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee from the Georgian Dream ruling party and Julien Crampes, the Acting Head of the European Union Delegation to Georgia.
Tamar Taliashvili, an MP for the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the Parliamentary work on the 12-point conditions outlined by the EU for granting the country the membership candidate status was proceeding according to plan, with the principles of “openness, transparency and inclusiveness” ensured.
Anri Okhanashvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's legal affairs committee from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Wednesday said the domestic “radical opposition” groups “must explain to the public” and Georgia’s partners “why they have sabotaged” the implementation of the European Union’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.