Kaladze: Georgia to get EU candidacy with “100% guarantee”

Secretary General of the ruling Georgian Dream party Kakha Kaladze claimed the country would obtain the European Union membership candidate status in December with “100 percent guarantee” and “despite attempts of the radical wing” of the domestic opposition. 

He stressed the bloc would have “no arguments” to reject the status again, following the June 2022 decision when it granted Tbilisi a European perspective.

Kaladze claimed “all conditions” outlined by the bloc last year for granting the status would be “fully met” by early November, when the European Commission is scheduled to present its final report on Tbilisi’s implementation of the reform agenda, with the document to be then used by the European Council in December to decide on the country’s status.

From today's point of view, Georgia will definitely receive the status”, Kaladze said, and added in the case of “another unfair decision” by the bloc, the Government would come out and explain the reasons to the public.