Ruling party head: PES congress resolution “especially important” for Georgia’s EU candidate status
The ruling Georgian Dream party delegation, led by Irakli Kobakidze, at the Party of European Socialists congress in Berlin. Photo: Irakli Kobakhidze/Facebook.
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The resolution adopted by the Party of European Socialists congress in Berlin is “especially important” for Georgia, which emphasises the significance of the European Union candidate status for Georgia and is a “direct appeal” to the European structures to grant the country candidate status, Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party said on Friday.
Kobakhidze highlighted the importance of the European political family’s support to Georgia and said there was a “great” expectation that the chancellor of Germany, in his address to the congress, would support the country’s EU integration.
Irakli Chikovani, the MP from the ruling party, also made comments on the adopted resolution and said it stipulated that all three states - Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine - which had expressed their “readiness” and “desire” to become EU members, should be supported on their integration path.
Chikovani stressed Georgia has been particularly marked out in the resolution and expressed his hope that, together with the country’s partners, everything would be done to achieve Georgia’s accession to the EU.
The ruling Georgian Dream party delegation, led by Kobakidze, has been participating in the international congress in Berlin from Friday to Saturday, which features high-ranking European politicians marking the anniversary of the PES.
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.
Germany's role and support for Georgia's EU integration process, and a deepening of mutual cooperation were discussed on Friday in a meeting between Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, and Lars Klingbeil, the co-leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany.
A delegation of the ruling Georgian Dream party chaired by head Irakli Kobakhidze is expected to raise topics related to the country’s European integration process, including the implementation of the European Union’s conditions for Georgia’s membership candidate status, at the Party of European Socialists congress in Berlin between Friday and Saturday.
The ruling Georgian Dream party will participate in the international congress of the Party of European Socialists, set to run in Berlin between Friday and Saturday and feature high-ranking European politicians marking the anniversary of the PES.
Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Saturday said the resolution, adopted by the Party of European Socialists congress in Berlin, has been “another proof” that Georgia has been enjoying “great support” in Europe on its European Union integration path.
As Russia seeks to redraw the boundaries between freedom and autocracy, “we are the people of Europe”, our voice must resound throughout Europe, from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, from Lisbon to Tbilisi and beyond, the German chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Saturday at the Party of European Socialists congress in Berlin, in which the Georgian delegation is participating.
German chancellor Olaf Scholz’s statement that Europe should expand from Lisbon to Tbilisi is “particularly pleasant and important” to Georgia, as Germany has a special role in making relevant decisions in the direction of European integration, Irakli Kobakhidze, the chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party told reporters on Saturday.
The “friendly and productive” ties between Georgia and Germany were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili and Bärbel Bas, president of the German Bundestag.