German Ambassador: Georgia must be part of “stronger EU”
The German diplomat also said his country’s Government supported the granting of candidate status to Georgia “if the conditions are met”. Photo: Deutsche Botschaft Tiflis / Facebook
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Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Friday said members of the European Union “must” make it “stronger”, adding Georgia “must be part of it”.
In his remarks over the country’s European integration path, Fischer noted “some progress” had been made on the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status, and stressed “more progress is needed”.
The German diplomat also said his country’s Government supported the granting of candidate status to Georgia “if the conditions are met”.
He added the call to strengthen the EU was coming “[i]n light of the challenges we all face together”, adding “[w]e will all be stronger together to move firmly towards a better future”.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the head of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Thursday said the Georgian Government was doing “everything” for the country to receive the European Union membership candidate status later this year in December.
Pawel Herczynski, the European Union Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday expressed his hope Georgia would move “one step further” on its path towards the European Union accession.
Gert Jan Koopman, the head of the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the European Commission, on Wednesday said the Commission welcomed the Georgian Government’s “keen interest” in making “further progress” on the bloc’s conditions for granting the country the membership candidate status later this year.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday vowed his country’s support for Georgia’s aspiration to become a member of the European Union.