Reuters: EU set to receive membership bids from Georgia, Moldova
The European Union is about to receive membership applications from Georgia and Moldova “imminently”, an EU official told Reuters on Thursday. Photo: Reuters
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The European Union is about to receive membership applications from Georgia and Moldova “imminently”, an EU official told Reuters on Thursday.
The confirmation to Reuters comes following the announcement on Wednesday by ruling Georgian Dream party Chairman Irakli Kobakhidze, who said the government was already preparing an application for obtaining EU candidate status for the country.
The development followed the preparation of a draft resolution on the country’s EU membership by the Committee on European Integration of the Georgian Parliament on Tuesday.
The resolution called on EU member states and institutions to take all necessary steps to accelerate Georgia's accession to the Union.
On Wednesday, Georgia’s Imedi channel released its interview with Heidi Hautala, a Member of the European Parliament from Finland, who said “Ukraine and Georgia deserve European prospects”.
Georgia’s path to Europe is irreversible, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said on Wednesday in response to the decision by the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party to apply for the country’s European Union membership immediately.
The Government of Georgia is applying for the European Union membership, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party chairman Irakli Kobakhidze said on Wednesday.
The Government of Georgia, in agreement with its partners, will take consistent steps to ensure the country takes its historical place in the European family, Georgian FM David Zalkaliani said in an interview released by Imedi channel on Wednesday.
A draft resolution in support of an accelerated process of Georgia’s European Union integration has drawn contrasting reactions from different sections of the country’s political establishment, after its proposal by the Committee on European Integration of the Georgian Parliament on Wednesday.
The new political situation should be used not only by Georgia, but also by the European Union, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Wednesday in response to the decision by the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party to apply for the country’s EU membership immediately.
History has deemed the European choice of the Georgian people as its strategic aim, the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday with his signing of the country’s application for receiving the candidate status of a European Union member state
I believe that we will be taking the journey of European Union integration together with our Abkhazian and Ossetian compatriots, the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday with his signing of the country’s application for receiving the candidate status of an EU member state.