Gov’t Administration building illuminated in EU flag colours following recommendation on Georgia’s candidacy
The hilltop TV tower overlooking Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is also illuminated in the EU colours, the Tbilisi City Hall said, hailing today’s recommendation as “another historical decision” of the Commission on Georgia’s EU candidacy. Photo via Government Administration
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The Government Administration building is on Wednesday illuminated in the colours of the European Union flag in a symbolic move after the European Commission recommended the European Council to grant Georgia its membership candidate status next month, the Administration said.
The hilltop TV tower overlooking Georgia’s capital Tbilisi is also illuminated in the EU colours, the Tbilisi City Hall said, hailing today’s recommendation as “another historical decision” of the Commission on Georgia’s EU candidacy.
Photo via Tbilisi City Hall
In Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi, the EU flag's colours were also illuminated at the Adjarabet Arena Stadium.
Photo via Imedi TV channel
The Commission recommended the EU candidacy for Georgia with nine conditions earlier today, after the country officially applied for EU membership in March 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, and was granted a European perspective and a reform agenda to obtain the bloc’s candidacy.
The European Union Ambassador to Georgia, Paweł Herczyński on Wednesday said “we are one family [...] the future of Georgia is in the EU”, noting the bloc was “fully committed” to help the country build “a better future” after the European Commission recommended the European Council to grant Georgia its membership candidate status next month.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday said he believed Georgia would receive the European Union membership candidate status in December following the positive recommendation of the European Commission, and hailed his Government's efforts to ensure “key changes” for the objective despite “coordinated attempts” by “domestic and foreign enemies”.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Wednesday hailed the European Commission’s recommendation for the European Council to grant the country the European Union membership candidate status as a “historic decision”.
Josep Borrell, the European Union High Representative and the Vice President of the European Commission, on Wednesday said the bloc’s door was “open” for Georgia after the European Commission recommended the European Council to grant Georgia its membership candidate status next month.
The United States Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday reacted to the European Commission’s recommendation for Georgia to be granted the European Union membership candidate status, and accession talks to be opened with Ukraine and Moldova, by stressing the trio “belong in the Euro-Atlantic family”.
Rati Bregadze, the Georgian Justice Minister, on Friday said the European Commission’s positive recommendation to the Council this week to grant Georgia the European Union membership candidate status in December was a “recognition” of the efforts by the Georgian Dream Government to “ensure the European choice” of the country’s population.
Shalva Papuashvili, the Georgian Parliament Speaker, on Sunday said the European Commission’s positive recommendation to the European Council last week to grant Tbilisi the European Union’s membership candidate status in December was the bloc’s “message” to Russia that the former saw Georgia as its part and not as an “abandoned periphery”.
Krišjānis Kariņš, the Latvian Prime Minister, and Tanja Fajon, the Slovenian Foreign Minister, on Monday lauded the European Commission’s positive recommendation last week for Georgia’s European Union membership candidate status in December.
A public opinion poll published on Tuesday by the Tbilisi-based Georgian Opinion Research Business International has put the approval rating of the ruling Georgian Dream party at 55 percent.