Parliament Speaker highlights achievement of “first of 2 paramount steps” for EU membership
The official stressed the “well-deserved decision” of the European Council to grant the country the status last week was a testament to “our unwavering commitment and steady progress”. Photo: Parliament of Georgia
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Georgian Parliament Speaker Shalva Papuashvili on Wednesday said the Georgian Government had “successfully achieved” the “first of two paramount steps” on the country’s European Union membership path.
“Out of two paramount steps on the EU membership path, we have successfully achieved the first one - Georgia obtained EU candidate status”, Papuashvili said in a social media message.
Out of two paramount steps on the EU membership path, we've successfully achieved the first one - Georgia obtained EU candidate status! This well-deserved decision is a testament to our unwavering commitment and steady progress, successfully navigating through this journey. Now,… pic.twitter.com/ucq1kQLEXE
— Shalva Papuashvili ???????? (@shpapuashvili) December 20, 2023
The official stressed the “well-deserved decision” of the European Council to grant the country the status last week was a testament to “our unwavering commitment and steady progress”.
[The outcome was a conclusion to us] successfully navigating through this journey. Now, we look forward to steering our nation toward the second paramount step - full-fledged EU membership”, the chief Georgian legislator concluded.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday highlighted the “fulfilment of the dream of many generations” in the country being granted the status, in his end-of-year report summarising the work of his Government.
Garibashvili noted the path toward the outcome had been ”not easy”, and cited the “period full of many challenges” in the run-up to the European Council’s decision.
Irakli Kobakhidze, the Chair of the ruling Georgian Dream party, on Monday said all nine priorities set out by the European Commission for opening European Union accession talks with the country would be fulfilled, pledging the ruling party would present a “detailed plan” on their implementation.
Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili on Monday highlighted the “fulfilment of the dream of many generations” in the country being granted the European Union membership candidate status last week, in his end-of-year report summarising the work of his Government.
Georgian Foreign Minister Ilia Darchiashvili on Friday said the decision of the European Council to grant the country the bloc’s membership candidate status the previous day was the result of the Government's “hard work” per the interests of the Georgian people.
Leaders and officials from governments across the West on Thursday congratulated Georgia on receiving the European Union membership candidate status, following the summit of the European Council that endorsed the bloc’s enlargement package on Thursday.
Nikoloz Samkharadze, the Georgian Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee Chair, on Friday said Georgia could close accession negotiations with the European Union, once the bloc would open it with the country, “much more rapidly” than any other country.