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On 8 November 2023, the European Commission issued an official recommendation to grant candidate status to Georgia, [2] which was confirmed on 14 December 2023. [3] It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.
In December 2023, the EU officially granted candidate status to Georgia. This made Georgia the first country in the South Caucasus region to obtain EU candidacy status. [6] In April 2023, a nationwide poll by the International Republican Institute found that 89 percent of Georgians support joining the EU, the highest number recorded for years. [7]
On 8 November 2023, the European Commission recommended opening negotiations with Moldova and Ukraine, and granting candidate status to Georgia, [22] and this was agreed by the European Council on 14 December 2023. [47]
The European Union's executive recommended on Wednesday that the bloc grants formal candidate status to Georgia, if and when it fulfils remaining conditions. "The Commission recommends that the ...
Ukraine applied for EU membership several days after it was invaded by Russia in February 2022, and was granted candidate status in June that year. Factbox-Candidates to join the European Union ...
The South Caucasus country was granted candidate status last December, but EU officials have warned that Georgia has backtracked on some key reforms it needs to enact before it can join.
[21] [22] On 23 June 2022, the European Council granted Ukraine and Moldova the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union. [23] It deferred candidate status for Georgia until certain conditions were met. [24] The European Council expressed readiness to grant Georgia the status of a candidate for accession to the European Union ...
Georgia first applied for EU membership in 2022 and was granted candidate status in December, an important but still early step in the process of becoming a member of the bloc.