EU Ambassador hopes Georgia will become member
In his remarks, the European diplomat stressed EU membership meant “stability, peace, prosperity, and raising the standard of living”. Photo: EU Delegation to Georgia
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Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday said he hoped Georgia would become a member of the bloc, noting the outcome would “bring enormous benefits to the country”.
In his remarks, the European diplomat stressed EU membership meant “stability, peace, prosperity, and raising the standard of living”.
We will assess this progress [of Georgia] later this year, and 27 member states will decide on the next steps in December. I hope it will be a positive decision. I hope that Georgia will be granted candidate status. This is not the end of the route. Even if it happens, it is only yet another step toward EU membership. There will be many more steps”, Herczynski said.
He highlighted reaching the goal domestically required a “national consensus”, with all political forces working together in a spirit of “compromise, inclusivity, and constructiveness”.
So, the work is ongoing, and we will see. In the end, the decision will depend on the progress made by Georgia, and it will be in the hands of 27 EU members”, Herczynski concluded.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the Executive Secretary of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday claimed the goal of the domestic “radical” opposition was to see the country fail to receive the European Union membership candidate status and see war break out in Georgia amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the Georgian Parliament's European Union Integration Committee, on Monday said the country “definitely” deserved the European Union membership candidate status but noted it was a “political decision that must be made by the [bloc’s] 27 member states”.
Obtaining the European Union membership candidate status for Georgia is a goal that has “no alternative” for the country, President Salome Zourabichvili said on Monday in a press briefing in Vilnius with her Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Friday commended his Government's efforts in combating corruption at an official presentation of the country’s Anti-Corruption Bureau, launched as part of the European Union conditions for granting its membership candidate status to the country.
Mamuka Mdinaradze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party in the Parliament, on Tuesday said the “radical wing” of the domestic opposition was proceeding with its “harmful, anti-state” campaign by telling the international community “lies” about Georgian authorities failing to fulfil the conditions outlined by the European Union for granting its membership candidate status to the country.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Tuesday highlighted a “truly historic day” for NATO as Finland was welcomed into the alliance as its 31st member state.
Răzvan Rotundu, the Romanian Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday said the country had made progress in its efforts to receive the European Union membership candidate status, while adding issues remained to be resolved.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday said the bloc supported reforms in Georgia, including in the judiciary system of the country.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Saturday said “European leaders have decided to expand Europe” and emphasised that Georgia was “one of the potential” candidate countries.