Georgia's EU candidacy depends on reform progress: Borrell

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TBLISI: The European Union is open to Georgia becoming a member, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday (Sep 7), but warned Tbilisi needed to implement sweeping reforms to get candidate status. The EU recognised Georgia's 'European perspective' last year but deferred its membership applicat

TBLISI: The European Union is open to Georgia becoming a member, EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said on Thursday , but warned Tbilisi needed to implement sweeping reforms to get candidate status.

"The European Union door is open to Georgia, and the European Union is committed to support Georgia on its path towards the European Union membership," Borrell told a news conference in Tbilisi. The EU's conditions include ending political polarisation, improving freedom of the press and courts, electoral reforms, and"de-oligarchisation".

 

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