Parliament Committee Chair to EU official: Tbilisi expecting “recognition of progress” by EU candidacy
MP Maka Botchorishvili said Tbilisi expected “proper assessments” of its “efforts and progress” by obtaining the bloc’s membership candidate status by the end of this year. Photo:Parliament press office
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Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Wednesday told Gert Jan Koopman, the Director-General of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations, that Tbilisi expected “proper assessments” of its “efforts and progress” by obtaining the bloc’s membership candidate status by the end of this year.
Constructive exchange with ???????? Georgian MP @MakaB__ today.
— Gert Jan Koopman (@GertJanEU) June 7, 2023
???????? #Georgia is striving to make progress on the 12 priorities to become a candidate country.
Looking forward to more exchanges, particularly on depolarisation, judicial reform & media freedom. pic.twitter.com/hr5QG4V7eW
In a meeting in Brussels, the Georgian Parliamentary official briefed the EU representative on the Government’s efforts to meet the 12-point conditions outlined by the European Council last June for granting the status to Georgia, the Parliament press office said.
The discussion also involved Georgia-EU relations, the country’s European integration, its aspirations and expectations over the status, the press office added.
Georgia applied for EU membership in March 2022, shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and was granted a European perspective by the European Council in June, along with priorities to address for gaining the bloc’s candidate status.