Georgia’s EU Integration Commission adopts deoligarchisation action plan

Georgia’s European Union Integration Commission on Thursday adopted an action plan for deoligarchisation to address one of the conditions for the bloc granting the country its membership candidate status.

Chaired by Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili, the Commission approved the plan that will seek to “eliminate excessive influence on the political, economic, and social” spheres in the country, with the document developed based on recommendations of the Venice Commission of the Council of Europe and the EU.

The Government Administration said the plan included a package of amendments to be made to legislation via “systemic approach”, as the European bodies had recommended in their earlier assessment of initial plans presented by the country’s authorities.

It also said the plan contained “concrete timeframes” for adoption of relevant legislative amendments.

The Administration said the document encompassed seven areas, including anticorruption and antimonopoly directions, matters pertaining to money laundering and media pluralism, and measures to be carried out in the judiciary. 

In addition, at the meeting, the Foreign Ministry received a recommendation to continue additional consultations with European partners.

After its adoption by the Government, work on the plan will continue in the Parliament, the Administration said.