European Commission official highlights Georgia's compliance with EU legislation
In her comments at the 12th meeting of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee in Brussels, Jabłońska noted while challenges still existed, it was “important” to present “specific reforms with solid implementation”. Photo: European Commission
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Diana Jabłońska, the Head of Unit for the team following Georgia, Moldova and the Economic and Investment Plan for the Eastern Partnership in the European Commission, on Thursday said the European Commission’s report on Georgia's compliance with the European Union legislation showed there was an “important basis for moving forward”.
In her comments at the 12th meeting of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee in Brussels, Jabłońska noted while challenges still existed, it was “important” to present “specific reforms with solid implementation”.
The EU official stressed the Georgian public “strongly supported” the country’s integration into the European Union.
“The window of opportunity is still open. Challenges exist, but it is important to present specific reforms with solid implementation. Of course, we at the European Commission are here to help. We offer support”, Jabłońska said.
She also added that investments in the country required an “appropriate investment climate”, and pointed out that the EU was “the largest donor to Georgia and will continue to provide financial support”.
Georgian Justice Minister Rati Bregadze on Thursday said comments by Marina Kaljurand, a member of the European Parliament, who said Georgia “lags behind” Ukraine and Moldova on its European integration path, was “solely her view”, and said the Government had heard “nothing but good [assessments] from our European colleagues” on the matter.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Thursday expressed her expectation that the European Union would take a “decisive step” this year based on ”fair” assessments and grant its membership candidate status to Georgia, encouraging the country to “move forward” on its European path together with other candidate countries.
The cooperation between Georgia and France and Georgia’s European integration process were discussed on Thursday in a meeting between the Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili and Gérard Larcher, the President of the French Senate.
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.
Genadi Arveladze, the Deputy Economy Minister, on Thursday said Georgia was “ready to do everything” to achieve its goal and become a member of the European Union, noting “getting the membership candidate status and beginning the accession negotiations are only the commencement of a long road” to EU integration.
Steps taken by the Georgian Government on the country’s European integration path were discussed on Friday in a meeting between the Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Sunday said Georgia had already implemented most of the recommendations, outlined by the European Union last year for granting its membership candidate status and noted the country was expecting the bloc to “take a firm step” and grant Georgia the status based on “fair assessments”.