European Commission recommends candidate status for Georgia
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formally recommended Georgia receive candidate status to the European Union on Nov. 8.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen formally recommended Georgia receive candidate status to the European Union on Nov. 8.
A few days before the European Commission decides whether to grant Georgia EU candidate country status, Tbilisi still has work to do.
The European Union is likely to support the start of accession negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova and grant Georgia the status of a candidate for membership, but with certain conditions. Source: This was reported by Radio Liberty journalist Rikard Jozwiak, writes European Pravda Details: According to Jozwiak, the preliminary decision was made by the heads of the offices of the European commissioners, representing all 27 EU member states, at a meeting on Monday where they discussed the enlargem
Georgia ruling party lawmakers failed to get enough votes to remove the country's pro-EU President Salome Zurabishvili Wednesday, after she accused the government of undermining Tbilisi's EU membership bid.Ruling Georgian Dream party MPs only gathered 86 votes of the 100 needed to oust Zurabishvili in the first-ever impeachment vote in the country's history, which opposition parties boycotted.