Parliament official highlights common goal of “bigger, stronger, better” Europe

Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Monday highlighted the common goal of a “bigger, stronger and better” Europe.

In her remarks at the meeting of the Chairs of the Con­fer­ence of Par­lia­men­tary Com­mit­tees for Union Af­fairs of Par­lia­ments of the Eu­ro­pean Union, Botchorishvili noted last month’s “truly historic” decision to grant Georgia the EU membership candidate status had “laid a solid foundation” for the fulfilment of the “long-awaited dream” of Georgian citizens.

It was not easy to reach this momentum on the backdrop of multiple challenges and intensive disinformation campaigns [by the domestic opposition]. My gratitude goes to everyone who helped us to start writing a new, truly European page in our history, instead of contributing to rewriting it”, she said. 

“We are not naive and realise how challenging the journey ahead will be towards the final destination of becoming an integral part of the European family. But now we can move forward with more confidence, as we are not alone on this road, and we will be moving forward towards our common goal together”, the lawmaker continued. 

The Parliament official expressed her hope the Belgian presidency of the EU would contribute to these processes and ensure Georgia “will be able to move even closer to the European Union soon”.