Ruling party MP: Crucial that EU demonstrates political will, grants membership candidate status to Georgia
In his address, Samkharadze said “integration into the EU is a constitutional task for Georgia and is supported by the overwhelming majority of Georgian society regardless of party affiliation and sympathy.” Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Nikoloz Samkharadze, the ruling Georgian Dream (GD) MP who chairs the Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, told the Chairs of Foreign Relations Committees of the Parliaments of the European Union member states on Monday it was “crucial” the Union “demonstrates political will” and grants the country a candidate status.
In his address, Samkharadze said “integration into the EU is a constitutional task for Georgia and is supported by the overwhelming majority of Georgian society regardless of party affiliation and sympathy.”
On March 3, Georgia has applied for the EU membership in a fast-track procedure due to [the] changed geopolitical and security environment, and we would like to ask you to work closely with the executive branch of your Government to enable the European Councils’ decision to grant Georgia EU member candidate status, Samkharadze’s address said.
The Georgian MP emphasised granting membership candidate status to Georgia would also send “a strong signal” that independent states are free to choose “their path of development”.
Excerpts from my address to Chairs of Foreign Relations Committees of the Parliaments of the EU member states:
— Nikoloz Samkharadze (@Samkharadze79) March 7, 2022
"On March 3, Georgia has applied for the EU membership in a fast-track procedure due to changed geopolitical and security environment, and we would like to ask you to
On Monday, ambassadors of EU member states agreed to invite the EU Commission to present the opinion on applications by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova to join the Union.
Georgia officially applied for membership on March 3, with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili signing the country’s membership application.
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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.
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