“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.
Georgia’s ranking in the European Research Centre for Anti Corruption and State-Building’s latest Transparency in the Time of War index has jumped from 54th to 17th, Revaz Javelidze, the Head of the Government Administration, announced on Monday.
Georgia has been ranked 35th among 184 countries in the Economic Freedom Index of the Washington-based Heritage Foundation think-tank, with the country placed ahead of 11 European Union member states and all candidate countries aspiring for membership in the bloc.
Following the double-digit growth of the Georgian economy in the first eight months of the year, the World Bank has raised its 2022 economic growth forecast for the country from the previously projected 5.5 percent to 8.8, the highest in the Europe and Central Asia region.
The Georgian Government is aiming to achieve the country being listed in the top five of all major global rankings in the coming years, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told the Parliament on Wednesday.
Georgia’s ranking in the European Research Centre for Anti Corruption’s latest Government Transparency index has jumped from 54th to 17th, Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili told the Parliament on Friday.
Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Saturday said the Fraser Institute's Economic Freedom of the World 2023 report ranked Georgia 15th in Europe and 25th in the world, being ahead of 19 NATO members, 16 European Union member states and all EU candidate countries.