Parliament official: most EU recommendations already implemented, Georgia expecting “fair assessments”, candidate status

Maka Botchorishvili, the Chair of the European Integration Committee of the Georgian Parliament, on Sunday said Georgia had already implemented most of the recommendations, outlined by the European Union last year for granting its membership candidate status and noted the country was expecting the bloc to “take a firm step” and grant Georgia the status based on “fair assessments,” Azernews reports, citing Agenda.ge.

Georgia's application for EU membership in 2022 is a constitutional goal of the country, which is supported by more than 80 percent of the population of Georgia”, Botchorishvili said at the 12th meeting of the EU-Georgia Parliamentary Association Committee in Brussels.

She highlighted Georgia’s potential to “open new geopolitical opportunities” and contribute to wider European security and prosperity and stressed granting the country the candidate status would “encourage” its progress on the European path, the Parliament press office said.