Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova “belong in Euro-Atlantic family” - US Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The US Senate Foreign Relations Committee reacted to the European Commission’s recommendation for Georgia to be granted the EU candidacy. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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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”.
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— Senate Foreign Relations Committee (@SFRCdems) November 8, 2023
The @EU_Commission recommended today that accession talks with #Ukraine and #Moldova begin, and also that #Georgia be granted EU candidate status. Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova all belong in the #EuroAtlantic family. https://t.co/8hOOfc4JnP
The European Council is expected to grant Georgia the status in December and back the accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova.
The Commission also said it was recommending the EU candidacy for Tbilisi with nine conditions, ranging from efforts to combat disinformation and foreign information manipulation about the EU and its values, to further alignment of the country’s foreign and security policies with the bloc, to reforms in the judiciary, electoral and human rights areas.
The conditions also include ensuring a systemic approach to deoligarchisation, additional efforts for depolarising the domestic political environment and improvements to the Parliament's oversight function.