European Council grants EU candidate status to Georgia - Council President
“A clear signal of hope for their people and for our continent”, the European Council President said in the post following the Council’s summit, addressing the enlargement package. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge
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Charles Michel, the European Council President, on Thursday said the Council granted Georgia the European Union membership candidate status.
In his social media post, Michel noted the Council had also decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova, while negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina would be opened, “once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is reached”.
The European Council has decided to open accession negotiations with Ukraine & Moldova. #EUCO granted candidate status to Georgia. And the EU will open negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina once the necessary degree of compliance with the membership criteria is reached and…
— Charles Michel (@CharlesMichel) December 14, 2023
A clear signal of hope for their people and for our continent”, the European Council President said in the post following the Council’s summit, addressing the enlargement package.
The European Commission on November 8 recommended the Council to grant Georgia the EU candidate status.
Georgia officially applied for EU membership on March 3, 2022, shortly after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, after accelerating the initial plan to submit the membership application by 2024.