Polish MEP: “practically no alternative” for EU other than “clear and strong message” that we must open door to Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine
The Polish MEP said bringing Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to the EU would not simply be a goodwill gesture, but would represent a greater understanding of reality through the principle that “a divided Europe” cannot be accepted. Photo: 1tv.ge
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There is practically no alternative for the European Union other than issuing a “clear and strong message” that it must open the door to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, Ryszard Czarnecki, member of the European Conservative and Reform Group in the European Parliament, said on Tuesday.
The Polish MEP said bringing Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine to the EU would not simply be a goodwill gesture, but would represent a greater understanding of reality through the principle that “a divided Europe” cannot be accepted.
The Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, used a very famous proposal - ‘There is no alternative’. This is a very good metaphor for the current situation, because there is practically no alternative from us, except for a very clear, very strong message from the EU that we must open the door to Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine," Czarnecki pointed out in comments following the three countries’ bids to join the Union.
This situation is a good reason and a good exception for inviting Tbilisi, Kyiv and Chisinau to our European board, not only for cultural and historical reasons, but also for political reasons," Czarnecki added.
On Monday, ambassadors of EU member states agreed to invite the EU Commission to present the opinion on candidate status applications by Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova.
Georgia officially applied for membership on March 3, with Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili signing the country’s membership application.
The process of Georgia’s European Union accession is “no less important” than membership in the Union, Irakli Kadagishvili, the Chairman of the Rules and Procedural Issues Committee of the Parliament of Georgia, told reporters on Tuesday.
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.
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.
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.
Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova are "belong to the European family" and "share our European values", David Mcallister, a Member of the European Parliament, told the Georgian Public Broadcaster on Wednesday.
The door to the European Union is open for Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine, Andrzej Halicki, a Polish MEP and member of the European People's Party, said on Tuesday.
The ongoing Russian aggression in Ukraine, issues related to European security and Georgia’s application for European Union membership were discussed by Georgian Foreign Minister David Zalkaliani and his Swedish counterpart Ann Linde in a phone call on Wednesday.
The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations on Thursday unveiled the Consolidated Appropriations Act, the main bill of the US budget for Fiscal Year 2022, with the Georgian Foreign Ministry saying the bill contains the "most important wording" in support of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Georgia.
Clement Beaune, the French European Affairs Minister, said on Thursday that Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova would “probably” join the European Union “in a few years.”
The European Council on Friday invited the European Commission, the executive branch of the European Union, to submit its opinions on the EU membership applications of the Republic of Moldova and Georgia.