Economy Minister stresses European integration has “not been stopped for a second”

Davitashvili said the process of European integration implied ensuring conformity of “policies and institutional capabilities to the institutional and political requirements” of the European Union. Photo: Government Administration 

Agenda.ge, 01 Aug 2024 - 18:22, Tbilisi,Georgia

Levan Davitashvili, the First Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development of Georgia, on Thursday said his Government’s work on European integration had “not been stopped for a second”, with the Government following “plans and objectives” for the process.

Davitashvili said the process of European integration implied ensuring conformity of “policies and institutional capabilities to the institutional and political requirements” of the European Union.

The process of European integration is a complex process that includes many directions. We follow the process from our side. When our partners from the European Union say that they have stopped the process, they are talking about the fact that certain processes from their side may be currently either suspended or under review”, Davitashvili said in reference to the EU's reaction over a controversial domestic law on transparency on foreign influence.

“I hope that with our consistent policy, as we have repeatedly shown to the public - including the international community - with our orderly steps, that we are committed to the integration process, we will convince our partners that Georgia deserves to be a member of the European Union and that this process will return to its former mode”, he concluded.

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze on Monday said European integration was a “constitutional task” and the “main foreign policy priority” of his Government.