“If we are told that tomorrow we will become a member of the EU, then it will be possible very easily to cancel it, revise it, transform it or adopt a new one,” Garibachvili said.
At the same time, he asserted that “there is no consensus on whether any country can become a member of the EU today” because the bloc “is not ready for enlargement and it will take time and these next steps depend on many things.”
The EU told Georgia the proposals, which brought thousands to the streets in recent weeks, were incompatible with European values and should be withdrawn, while Washington called the legislation “Kremlin-inspired” attack on civil society.
When the European Commission granted Georgia candidate status last year, it set out the specific steps needed for the South Caucasus country to be admitted as a full member, including addressing the political polarization and strengthening the protection of human rights. According to the bloc’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, the adoption of the foreign agents law, as well as the government’s new proposals cracking down on LGBTQ+ rights, “would have a negative impact on Georgia’s progress on the path to independence.” ‘EU’.
A December 2023 poll by the National Democratic Institute found that 79% of Georgians surveyed supported their country’s EU membership ambitions.
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