Georgian parliament speaker: “majority” EU conditions will be fulfilled by end of December
The parliament speaker highlighted the importance of constructive cooperation with the opposition in two additional topics to gather the “relevant” majority to elect the non-judge members of the high council of justice and a public defender. Photo: Shalva Papuashvili/Facebook
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Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Thursday said the majority of the European Union conditions for granting Georgia the membership candidate status would be fulfilled by the end of December and noted that the implementation of the rest depended on the assessments of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission and the constructive cooperation of the opposition.
Papuashvili said the parliament was awaiting the Commission’s assessments on the deoligarchisation bill, the judicial reform and the election code, pointing out that they expected to receive an answer on the latter “in a few days”, after which they would continue working on its implementation.
The parliament speaker highlighted the importance of constructive cooperation with the opposition in two additional topics to gather the “relevant” majority to elect the non-judge members of the high council of justice and a public defender.
Papuashvili noted that “based on the past practice” there would be no response from the Commission regarding the judicial reform until the end of the year.
Anri Okhanashvili, the chair of the Georgian parliament's legal affairs committee, on Tuesday said the Georgian parliament expected an assessment from the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission on the deoligarchisation bill that “is consistent with the principles of the rule of law and the European legal framework”.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the executive secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said the ruling team had decided to forward the domestic bill on deoligarchisation for comments to the Council of Europe’s Venice Commission.
Georgian parliament speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said Georgia had satisfied the technical preconditions for the European Union candidate status “long time ago” and in terms of technical readiness, it has been a leader of the associated trio countries of Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova.
Georgia is ahead of the fellow Associated Trio countries of Moldova and Ukraine in terms of fulfilling conditions for gaining the European Union membership candidate status, economy minister Levan Davitashvili was cited as saying by the ministry on Thursday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Monday said the June decision of the European Council to grant Georgia a European perspective had “removed all question marks” about the country’s European future and reaffirmed Georgia “firmly belongs to Europe”.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Friday said the legislative body had adopted 291 laws this year, including 82 designed for obtaining the European Union membership candidate status next year, in his end-of-year comments on lawmaking work throughout 2022.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili, on behalf of the Parliament of Georgia, wished Happy New Year to the Georgian people, wishing for 2023 to bring victories and new opportunities to each individual and the country.
The Georgian capital of Tbilisi on Wednesday hosted the fifth high-level Strategic Security Dialogue between Georgia and the European Union, reflecting the “strong level” of commitment by both parties to take the cooperation forward, including foreign and security policy, in accordance with the EU-Georgia Association Agreement.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Saturday said Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili had received the recommendations from the Council of Europe's Venice Commission on the deoligarchisation bill and judicial reform, which did not include any “substantial changes” to the draft law.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said the opinion of the Council of Europe's Venice Commission on the deoligarchisation bill confirmed that Georgian law was identical to the Ukrainian one.