“Impressive leap” in Transparency Index “another evidence” Georgia deserved EU candidacy - Parliament Speaker
Papuashvili said Georgia had surpassed EU member and candidate states and stood alongside leading countries like Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom in the index. Photo: Parliament press office
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Tuesday said his country’s “impressive leap” from 54th to 17th in the latest Transparency in the Time of War Index was “another evidence” the European Union’s refusal to grant Tbilisi its membership candidate status last year had been “far from [being] a merit-based decision”.
In his social media post, the official highlighted Georgia had surpassed EU member and candidate states and stood alongside leading countries like Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom in the European Research Centre for Anti Corruption and State-Building’s Index.
Impressive leap for Georgia ???????? in #TIndex2023! Surpassing EU members & candidates, Georgia now stands alongside leading countries like Finland, Sweden, & the UK. The report, based on factual data, measures transparency and accountability using international criteria.
— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) June 27, 2023
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The report, based on factual data, measures transparency and accountability using international criteria. These and other rankings and ratings, based on evidence and facts, tell us clearly that denying Georgia the EU candidate status was far from a merit-based decision”, Papuashvili tweeted.
Published earlier this week, the ranking put Georgia ahead of 15 EU member states and four G7 member countries.
The Index surveys the state of government transparency around the world by measuring 143 countries based on a survey of both “de facto” and “de jure” state of transparency in the states.