Ruling party MP: transparency, inclusiveness ensured in work on EU membership conditions

Taliashvili noted the work on the matter in the legislative body was conducted “actively” and the ruling team, together with the “constructive part” of the domestic opposition, had already held more than 30 working group meetings. Photo: Parliament of Georgia

Agenda.ge, 19 Aug 2022 - 11:56, Tbilisi,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.

Taliashvili noted the work on the matter in the legislative body was conducted “actively” and the ruling team, together with the “constructive part” of the domestic opposition, had already held more than 30 working group meetings.

The work related to the 12-point plan of the European Union is being carried out according to plan, [and] the principles of openness, transparency and inclusiveness are ensured. This is the manner in which more than 30 meetings have been held”, she said.

Taliashvili also called on the “radical group” of the domestic opposition to “stop the practice of polarisation and artificial isolation” from the process.

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 EU 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.