Ambassadors of EU member states agree to invite EU Commission to present opinion on Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova
COREPER II agreed to invite the EU Commission to present an opinion on each of the applications for EU membership submitted by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova. Photo: Twitter
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COREPER II agreed to invite the EU Commission to present an opinion on each of the applications for EU membership submitted by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova, the French delegation to the European Council tweeted.
Coreper II is composed of each EU member states' permanent representatives. It is chaired by the permanent representative of the country holding the presidency of the General Affairs Council.
????Accord du #COREPERII pour inviter la @EU_Commission à présenter un avis sur chacune des demandes d’adhésion à l’UE présentées par l’Ukraine, la Géorgie et la Moldavie. 1/2 ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/i1lj41UNzW
— Présidence française du Conseil de l’UE ???????????????? (@Europe2022FR) March 7, 2022
Georgia officially applied for EU membership on March 3, with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili signing the country’s membership application.
Georgia has “very good” chances to obtain the status of a European Union membership candidate state, ruling Georgian Dream (GD) party Head Irakli Kobakhidze said on Friday, expressing hope the Union would make the decision soon.
The signing of Georgia’s European Union membership application by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili was “symbolic”, Shalva Papuashvili, the Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Friday.
Georgia's submission of an official application for European Union membership marks a new stage of the country's relationship with the EU and in the process of its integration into the Union, the Head of the Georgian mission to the EU, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, said in an interview released by Imedi channel on Thursday.
The Head of the Georgian Mission to the European Union, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, on Thursday formally presented the official application of the country for European Union membership to Philippe Léglise-Costa, France’s Permanent Representative to the EU.
Gaining European Union membership is a long and time-consuming process, Georgia's Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani said on Monday following the EU Council’s decision to ask the European Commission to examine the applications for the membership submitted by Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine.
The message to the aggressor Putin must be clear that Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova are future members of the European Union, Member of the European Parliament Petras Austrevicius told the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili welcomed the EU Council’s decision to ask the European Commission to examine applications for Union membership submitted by Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Twitter, stating “This new chapter in our relations motivates us to accelerate our reform agenda”.
The French newspaper Le Figaro launched a poll yesterday on whether the Associated Trio countries - Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia - are “destined to join” the European Union.
Readers can vote on the question through the official website of the paper.
Georgia belongs to the European family and the Government is ready to implement the reforms that will eventually end with European Union membership, Archil Talakvadze, the Vice-Speaker of the Parliament of Georgia, said on Friday.
Slovakia fully supports the Georgian people’s will to become members of our European family, Ivan Korčok, the Slovak Minister of Foreign and European Affairs, said on Saturday.
Georgia’s Foreign Ministry expects that the questionnaire related to the country’s European Union membership bid will be delivered next week, Mari Narchemashvili, the Spokesperson of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Georgia told the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Friday.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has convinced the Georgian population that the country will benefit more from closer ties with the European Union and NATO than with Russia, a new survey released on Thursday by the US National Democratic Institute and CRRC Georgia said.
President Salome Zourabichvili’s briefing on Tuesday was “directed against” Georgia receiving the European Union membership candidate status, Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chairman of the ruling Georgian Dream party, said on Wednesday.