Parliament committee chair calls on opposition to engage EU conditions implementation “if they want European future”
In his remarks over the matter, Samkharadze claimed the “main task” of the opposition was to prevent the country from receiving the status. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian parliament's foreign affairs committee chair, on Friday said the domestic opposition should become engaged in working groups for meeting European Union conditions for granting Georgia the membership candidate status “if they want a European future” for the country.
In his remarks over the matter, Samkharadze claimed the “main task” of the opposition was to prevent the country from receiving the status.
Georgia will have no European future in their hands. These people have proved that they are against law, order, institutions and the country by the actions they have committed over the last two years - I mean the processes after the 2020 parliamentary elections. [...] [A]ll this is not in harmony with Europe and the West”, the parliament official said.
Their main task is to prevent Georgia from receiving the membership candidate status and to hinder this process in every possible way. [...] Their tasks do not change, they just resort to different tactics to deceive the public as if they are fighting to save the European future”, he concluded in his comments.
On October 4, Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili said his government would fulfil “all conditions” outlined by the EU for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Garibashvili noted the government was “engaged and highly motivated” to implement the 12 recommendations “as soon as possible”.
On June 24, the European Council granted the membership candidate status to Ukraine and Moldova, and said it would be ready to grant the same status to Georgia once the outstanding priorities outlined by the European Commission would be addressed by the Georgian government.
Frank Schwabe, a member of the German Bundestag, on Monday said Georgia was a “part of Europe” and added his country supported European integration aspirations of the former.
Georgian prime minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday said his government would fulfil all conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Domagoj Hajduković, the chair of the European affairs committee of the Croatian parliament who is on a visit to Georgia, on Tuesday said he was “very disappointed” that Georgia had not been granted the European Union membership candidate status in June, while expressing his confidence that once necessary reforms are implemented, the country will receive the status.
Peter Fischer, the ambassador of Germany to Georgia, on Monday said his government would work “very closely” with Georgia on the country’s European integration.
Maka Botchorishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament’s European Union integration committee, on Friday said it was “important” that European counterparts were informed about what the Georgian government was doing to fulfil European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the chair of the Georgian parliament's foreign affairs committee, on Monday explained a “meaningless and distorted” entry on the country’s former president Mikheil Saakashvili had become the reason for the Georgian delegation’s refusal to support a Council of Europe resolution on the Russian military escalation in Ukraine.
Irakli Chikovani, an MP from the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Friday said the “absolute majority” of conditions outlined by the European Union for granting the country the membership candidate status would be implemented by December.
Maka Botchorishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's European Union integration committee, on Friday said it was “important” to know the processes and attitudes in the European Union towards the prospects of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine joining the bloc.
Mikheil Sarjveladze, the chair of the Georgian parliament's committee on human rights, on Monday said “certain opposition groups” were aiming to jeopardise the implementation of “any” of the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
Maka Botchorishvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's European Union integration committee, on Monday said the European perspective, granted by the European Council to Georgia in June, was “truly a huge step forward” in terms of the country’s accession to the European Union.