EU Commissioner: Pace of Georgia’s progress on EU path depends on “key reforms” implementation
The Commission is “closely” monitoring the steps taken by Georgia for the implementation of the EU recommendations and contributing to solving “key issues” in the country “quickly and effectively”, Varhelyi said, reaffirming the Commission’s commitment to supporting Georgia on its European path. Photo via Reuters
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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.
Varhelyi responded by his letter to Georgian civil organisations, which had addressed the EU Commissioner on 23 March and asked “for the interim evaluation [of the country’s progress in fulfilling the 12 recommendations for granting Georgia the EU candidate country status] to be public and accessible to the stakeholders, including the civil society of the country”.
The EU Commissioner noted the European Commission would orally present updated information to the Council on Georgia’s progress this spring, and added an official report on the fulfilment of the priorities by Georgia would be included in the Commission’s annual Autumn Package.
In his letter, the Commissioner thanked the civil organisations and highlighted the “essential role” of civil society in the European integration process.
The Commission is “closely” monitoring the steps taken by Georgia for the implementation of the EU recommendations and contributing to solving “key issues” in the country “quickly and effectively”, Varhelyi said, reaffirming the Commission’s commitment to supporting Georgia on its European path.
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.
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.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili will on Tuesday have “important meetings” with officials at the European Commission ahead of the body’s reports on the country’s European Union membership candidate status, Vakhtang Makharoblishvili, Georgia’s representative to the bloc, has told the media.
Questions of the cooperation between Georgia and the European Union were discussed on Tuesday at a meeting of the country’s EU Integration Commission, led by the Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday handed over the report on Georgia’s progress under the European Union enlargement package to Pawel Herczynski, the bloc’s Ambassador in the country.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said Georgia’s progress report under the European Union enlargement package would be “a very important support mechanism” for the European Commission to make a “relevant” decision on the country and grant it the membership candidate status.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Wednesday said the Georgian Government, during the last visit to Brussels, had received “concrete signals” that the country’s progress on the European integration path was “noticeable” to its European partners.