EU Commissioner: All political forces in Georgia need to cooperate to implement EU conditions
The EU Commissioner also noted the Union had to “speed up” the Eastern Partnership Economic and Investment Plan’s implementation for Georgia. Photo via Reuters
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Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement, on Tuesday said all political forces in Georgia had to cooperate to implement the European Union conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status.
After the meeting with the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili, Varhelyi tweeted they had discussed “the way to address the [EU] 12 priorities set out in the June 2022 Opinion”.
The way to address the 12 priorities set out in the June 2022 Opinion was our main topic of the discussion with FM @iliadarch
— Oliver Varhelyi (@OliverVarhelyi) March 21, 2023
All political forces need to cooperate to move the reform agenda forward.
We speed up the #EIP’s implementation for the benefit of the ????????s.#Georgia pic.twitter.com/CHrEkDerRr
The EU Commissioner also noted the Union had to “speed up” the Eastern Partnership Economic and Investment Plan’s implementation for Georgia.
The implementation of the European Union conditions for granting Georgia the membership candidate status was discussed on Tuesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Oliver Varhelyi, the European Union Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement.
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The implementation of the European Union’s 12-point recommendations for granting Georgia its membership candidate status was discussed on Wednesday by female members of the Georgian Parliamentary opposition and the Ambassadors to Georgia from Greece, Hungary, France and Norway, as well as Sweden, the Netherlands and Finland.
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The pace of Georgia’s progress on the path to European Union integration depends on the implementation of “key reforms”, Oliver Varhelyi, the EU Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Policy, said on Tuesday.