“If we’re advised that tomorrow we’ll develop into a member of the EU, then it is going to be potential to very simply cancel it, revise, remodel or undertake a brand new one,” Garibashvili stated.
On the identical time, he claimed that “there is no such thing as a consensus a rustic can develop into a member of the EU right this moment” as a result of the bloc “shouldn’t be prepared for enlargement and it’ll take time and these subsequent steps rely upon many issues.”
The EU has advised Georgia the proposals, which have introduced hundreds onto the streets in protest in latest weeks, are incompatible with European values and ought to be withdrawn, whereas Washington branded the “Kremlin-inspired” laws as an assault on civil society.
When the European Fee granted Georgia candidate standing final 12 months, it set out particular steps wanted for the South Caucasus nation to be admitted as a full member, together with tackling political polarization and strengthening human rights protections. In response to the bloc’s high diplomat, Josep Borrell, passing the international agent legislation, in addition to the federal government’s new proposals cracking down on LGBTQ+ rights, “would negatively influence Georgia’s progress on its EU path.”
A December 2023 ballot carried out by the Nationwide Democratic Institute discovered that 79 % of Georgian respondents supported their nation’s EU membership ambitions.
