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.