In recent months, Georgian officials proposed laws that would move the country away from achieving this goal. Vera Yurova announced this at a plenary session of the European Parliament on Georgia.
According to the vice-president of the European Commission the 26th October parliamentary elections will be crucial for Georgia to join the European Union. “On October 26th, more than 3,000,000 Georgians will vote for a new Parliament. These elections are crucial to Georgia’s path towards the European Union. This will be a crucial test for Georgia’s democratic system.
We hoped that when Georgia was granted candidate status for the European Union in December last year, this would be an incentive for the Georgian government to implement important reforms and to begin negotiations for accession to the European Union. In recent months, officials of the administration have proposed laws that have moved Georgia away from this goal. Despite massive protests, the “Foreign Transparency Law”, which hinders media and civil society, was reintroduced, and passed.Other proposed laws that stigmatize LGBTQI communities and weaken state institutions were also advanced. Yurova said that the rhetoric against the European Union is also becoming louder.
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