Germany’s Europe Minister says she is “looking forward” to day Georgia becomes EU member
In her speech at a reception dedicated to the German Unity Day, the visiting official noted the country could “always count on” Germany’s support. Photo: Georges Schneider/photonews.at/imago images
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Anna Lührmann, the German Minister of State for Europe, on Tuesday said she was looking forward to the day when “Georgia becomes a member of the European Union”.
In her speech at a reception dedicated to the German Unity Day, the visiting official noted the country could “always count on” Germany’s support.
The official stressed the EU integration process involved implementing “strict criteria”, and urged the country’s stakeholders to work “tirelessly” on the necessary reforms in order to give the European Commission a “good basis” to “positively” assess Georgia's progress in the next report.
Lührmann outlined judiciary, media and electoral reform among the tasks up to the Government, but noted that “it's also a job to be done together, as a community, as a country, across party lines”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday highlighted the “reliable and mutually beneficial, centuries-old friendship” with Germany in his address at the reception held on the occasion of the German Unity Day.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Tuesday in his address at the reception held on the occasion of the German Unity Day said he was confident the European Union would recognise Georgia’s advancements and geopolitical importance and would make “another historic decision” by granting the country its candidate membership status.
The existing relations between Georgia and Germany and future prospects of cooperation, as well as Georgia’s European Union integration, were discussed on Tuesday in a meeting by Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and Bärbel Bas, the President of the German Bundestag, who is on an official visit to the country.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Monday said his Government wanted to see Georgia receive the European Union membership candidate status in December.
Peter Fischer, the German Ambassador to Georgia, on Tuesday lauded the importance of the European Union in his address at the reception in Tbilisi dedicated to his country’s Unity Day, and stressed the bloc was “available” to Georgia.
Cooperation between the Georgian Government and the Council of Europe, the situation in the Russian-occupied territories of the country and its European integration were discussed on Wednesday in a meeting between the Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili and Marija Pejčinović Burić, the Secretary General of the CoE.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Thursday said his Government’s “main message” at the European Political Community Summit in Granada would be that the country “deserved” to receive the European Union membership candidate status.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili and the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Thursday discussed the positive decision of the European Commission to recommend the European Council to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock on Saturday highlighted the importance of extending the perspective of European Union membership to Georgia, Moldova and the Western Balkans.
Archil Talakvadze, the Vice Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, on Monday said the European Commission’s recommendation to the European Council to grant the country the European Union membership candidate status showed the “effectiveness” of the work led by the ruling Georgian Dream party for implementing the bloc’s conditions for the outcome.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday pledged to host “public celebration” of the anticipated approval by the European Council of the EU membership candidate status to the country next month.