The recent visit to Brussels of Georgia’s President Salome Zourabishvili has highlighted the country’s determination to pursue a very ambitious EU agenda, despite the challenge of the Covid pandemic and the difficult international climate. EURACTIV looks into the details.
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Georgian president visits Brussels in push for 2024 EU membership application
The President of Georgia Salome Zourabishvili is paying a visit to all three on European institutions Thursday and Friday (21-22 January) to cement Georgia's bid for an EU membership in 2024. The visit of the Caucasian country's head of state comes …
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Focus on Black Sea, Caucasus highlights Georgia’s strategic importance
While Georgia's normalisation with Russia is still in doubt because of the country's breakaway regions, Georgia has embraced a pro-Western foreign policy, including plans to join the EU and NATO and deepening relations with the US. "We have seen a new …
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EU to push Georgia to cut carbon emissions as part of economic recovery
On its path towards the EU, Georgia will be expected to align itself with the EU's ambitions laid out in the bloc's Green Deal and reduce carbon emissions as it seeks to boost and modernise its economy, the European Commission told EURACTIV.
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Georgian MP: Mood in Brussels should not prevent EU membership application
Enlargement fatigue should not prevent the South Caucasian country from applying for membership of the bloc in 2024, even though the process might cause frustration domestically, Maka Botchorishvili, the newly elected chair of the EU integration committee of the Georgian …
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Georgia is ready to apply for membership by 2024 – Is the EU ready too?
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.