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The absence of the official “enlargement perspective” doesn’t meant that Georgia should be discouraged lodging a membership application. But in order to succeed, Georgia should be more creative in its foreign policy, write Teona Lavrelashvili and Steven Van Hecke. As EurActiv
writes, Georgia’s foreign policy début of 2021 kicked off in Brussels. On 22-23 January the country’s President, Salome Zourabichvili, met with the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament, as well as the NATO Secretary General. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, she did not forgot to announce the key message: Georgia prepares itself to officially apply for EU membership by 2024.
The refrigerators will be empty: Has the EU vaccine strategy gone off the rails?
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Image: Xinhua News Agency/PA Images
EUROPE IS THE sick man of the northern hemisphere when it comes to its vaccine strategy.
That’s the perception at least. Bedevilled by setbacks, supply issues and bad press, European Union officials and institutions are facing intense scrutiny after a chaotic week in which the roll-out crawled to a near-halt in several membe
This article is part of our special report EU ambitions unabated.
The absence of the official “enlargement perspective” doesn’t meant that Georgia should be discouraged lodging a membership application. But in order to succeed, Georgia should be more creative in its foreign policy, write Teona Lavrelashvili and Steven Van Hecke.
Teona Lavrelashvili is project Manager of the European Party Monitor, KU Leuven. Previously she worked as a policy officer at European Commission, DG NEAR.
Steven van Hecke is Associate Professor at KU Leuven, Project Coordinator of the European Party Monitor.
Georgia’s foreign policy
début of 2021 kicked off in Brussels. On 22-23 January the country’s President, Salome Zourabichvili, met with the Presidents of the European Council, the European Commission and the European Parliament, as well as the NATO Secretary General. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, she did not forgot to announce the key message: Georgia prepares itself to officia
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Cooper: Bahamas should be proactive on EU blacklisting threat Chester Cooper.
Progressive Liberal Party (PLP) Deputy Leader Chester Cooper, who is also the shadow minister of finance, yesterday urged the government to be proactive regarding the threat of another European Union (EU) blacklisting for jurisdictions with zero-rated corporate taxes.
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