The European Union and Georgia’s close relationship is based on the "EU Georgia Association Agreement" that includes&nbsp;a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA).

The&nbsp;DCFTA entered into force in July 2016 and strives for political association and economic integration. The EU remains committed to supporting a strong, independent and prosperous Georgia via a firm&nbsp;support to the country's&nbsp;territorial independence within its internationally recognised borders,&nbsp;political dialogue, as well as cooperation and assistance programmes.&nbsp;

EU - Georgia

The European Union and Georgia enjoy a very close and positive relationship.

The EU-Georgia Association Agreement entered into force in July 2016 and strives for political association and economic integration between the EU and Georgia. The EU and Georgia have also entered into a Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA), while Georgian citizens have benefitted from visa free travel to the Schengen area since 28 March 2017.

Georgia is an important partner for the European Union both within the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and its eastern dimension under the Eastern Partnership (EaP).

EU - Georgia (2019-2020)

Georgia applied for EU membership on 3 March. The European Commission is set to issue an Opinion, which will assess the merits of the applications against the EU accession criteria, notably the Copenhagen criteria, focusing on the political and economic criteria.

Georgia's application for EU membership

EP President Metsola meets the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze

EP Plenary session - Commission Statement - Attempts to reintroduce a foreign agent law in Georgia and its restrictions on civil society

METSOLA, EP President meets with Irakli KOBAKHIDZE, Georgian Prime Minister

12th meeting of the EU-Georgia PAC

EP Plenary session - Formal sitting with Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia

Othmar KARAS welcomes Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia

Roberta METSOLA, EP President Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia

EP Plenary session - Situation in Georgia

EP Plenary session - Situation of the former President of Georgia Mikheil Saakashvili

Annual implementing report on the EU association agreement with Georgia

Eastern Partership Forum - EU candidature status to Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova ? Assessing options through the results of the Eastern Partership Index

Roberta METSOLA, EP President welcomes Irakli GARABASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Shalva PAPUASHVILI, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament

Othmar KARAS meets with Maka BOTCHORISHVILI, Chair of EU Integration Committee in the Parliament of Georgia

10th meeting of the EU-Georgia PAC

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Irakli GARIBASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister, Denys SHMYHAL, Ukrainian Prime Minister and Natalia GAVRILITA, Moldovan Prime Minister

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Georgia MELONI, leader of Fratelli d Italia

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Kakha KUCHAVA, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament

Joint press statement by Antonio TAJANI, EP President and by Salome ZURABISHVILI, President of Georgia

Okupowane terytoria gruzińskie dziesięć lat po inwazji rosyjskiej (debata)

Georgian occupied territories ten years after the Russian invasion (debate)

Państwa trzecie, których obywatele muszą posiadać wizy podczas przekraczania granic zewnętrznych, oraz te, których obywatele są zwolnieni z tego wymogu (Gruzja) (debata)

Third countries whose nationals are subject to or exempt from a visa requirement: Georgia (debate)

Martin SCHULZ - EP President - with Giorgi KVIRIKASHVILI - Prime Minister of Georgia

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Press point by Martin SCHULZ, EP President and David USUPASHVILI, Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia

Układy o stowarzyszeniu/ pogłębione i kompleksowe umowy o wolnym handlu z Gruzją, Mołdawią i Ukrainą (debata)

Association Agreements / Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements with Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine (debate)

Sytuacja w Gruzji (debata)

Situation in Georgia (debate)

Ryszard CZARNECKI - EP Vice-President - Andrejs MAMIKINS – AFET rapporteur - and Giorgi MARGVELASHVILI - President of Georgia

Układ o stowarzyszeniu z Gruzją - Zawarcie układu o stowarzyszeniu z Gruzją (debata)

Association agreement with Georgia - Conclusion of the Association agreement with Georgia (debate)

Dalsza pomoc makrofinansowa dla Gruzji (debata)

Further macro-financial assistance for Georgia (debate)

Press point: Martin SCHULZ - President of the European Parliament - Mikheil SAAKASHVILI - President of Georgia -

Press point: Martin SCHULZ - President of the European Parliament - Bidzina IVANISHVILI - Prime Minister of Georgia

Wybory w Gruzji (debata)

Elections in Georgia (debate)

Negocjacje układu o stowarzyszeniu UE-Gruzja (krótka prezentacja)

Negotiations of the EU-Georgia Association Agreement (short presentation)

Umowa między UE a Gruzją o ułatwieniach w wydawaniu wiz - Umowa między UE a Gruzją o readmisji osób przebywających nielegalnie - Liberalizacja systemu wizowego w Serbii i Byłej Jugosłowiańskiej Republice Macedonii - Stosowanie zawartej pomiędzy UE i Rosją

EU-Georgia agreement on facilitation of issuance of visas - EU-Georgia agreement on readmission of persons residing without authorisation - Visa liberalisation scheme in Serbia and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - Implementation of the EU-Russia visa facilitation agreement (debate)

Jerzy BUZEK, President of the E.P and Mikheil SAAKASHVILI, President of Georgia

Uroczyste posiedzenie - Gruzja

Formal sitting - Georgia

Roberta METSOLA, President of the European Parliament, meets with Irakli KOBAKHIDZE, Georgian Prime Minister, in the European Parliament in Brussels. This news item shows extracts from the arrival of Prime Minister Irakli Kobakhidze and welcome by President Metsola, handshake and meeting between President Metsola and Prime Minister Kobakhidze.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Irakli KOBAKHIDZE, Georgian Prime Minister: arrival and meeting

Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament, addresses the plenary and gives her introductory speech in Strasbourg on the anti-LGBTQ protesters breaking up Pride festival in Tbilisi (Georgia) on Saturday 8/07. The transcription is the result of an automatic process. Please, check against delivery.

Introductory remark by Roberta METSOLA, EP President on the anti-LGBTQ protesters breaking up Pride festival in Tbilisi (Georgia) on Saturday 8/07

Georgia applied for EU membership last year but has not yet obtained candidate status, with the necessary political and judicial reforms still pending. Now, Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia, visits the European Parliament and gives her address to the MEPs gathered in a formal sitting during the plenary session in Brussels. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Formal sitting: address by Salomé ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia

Georgia applied for EU membership last year but has not yet obtained candidate status, with the necessary political and judicial reforms still pending. Now, Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia, visits the European Parliament in Brussels. Roberta METSOLA, EP President, gives her opening statement ahead of the formal sitting. This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Formal sitting with Salome ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia: introductory remarks by Roberta METSOLA, EP President

Salomé ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia is invited to the European Parliament, in Brussels. She first meets with Roberta METSOLA, EP President. The President of Georgia later attends the plenary session for a formal sitting address to members. Extracts from the meeting with EP President and from the formal sitting.

Visit of Salomé ZOURABICHVILI, President of Georgia to the European Parliament: meeting with Roberta METSOLA, EP President: arrival, welcome and roundtable, extracts from the formal sitting

MEPs debate the aftermath of the protests that have rocked Georgia over a new “foreign influence” law. Closing statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (for VPC/HR).

Situation in Georgia: closing statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (for VPC/HR)

MEPs and Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (for VPC/HR) debate the aftermath of the protests that have rocked Georgia over a new “foreign influence” law. MEPs debate.

Situation in Georgia: MEPs debate

MEPs debate the aftermath of the protests that have rocked Georgia over a new “foreign influence” law. Opening statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (for VPC/HR). This transcription is a result of an automatic process. Please check against delivery.

Situation in Georgia: opening statement by Olivér VÁRHELYI, European Commissioner for Neighbourhood and Enlargement (for VPC/HR)

Announcement of the results of the voting session during the plenary session in Brussels on 23 June 2022 on the motion resolutions on the candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia. After the adoption, MEPs stand and applause in the hemicycle.

Voting session - Motions resolutions on Candidate status of Ukraine, the Republic of Moldova and Georgia

MEPs outline their expectations for the 23-24 June European Council and discuss whether Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia should be granted EU candidate status.

Preparation of the European Council (23/24 June 2022) - Candidate status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia: extracts from the debate

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, meets with Irakli GARIBACHVILI, Prime Minister of Georgia in the European Parliament, in Brussels.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President, receives Irakli GARIBACHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister: arrival, welcome and roundtable

Shalva PAPUASHVILI, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament is in Brussels and meets with Roberta METSOLA, EP President at the European Parliament in Brussels.

Roberta METSOLA, EP President meets with Shalva PAPUASHVILI, Chairman of the Georgian Parliament: arrival, welcome and roundtable

Irakli Garibashvili, Georgian Prime Minister, Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister and Natalia Gavrilița, Moldovan Prime Minister are in Brussels to meet with David SASSOLI, EP President.

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Irakli Garibashvili, Georgian Prime Minister , Denys Shmyhal, Ukrainian Prime Minister and Natalia Gavrilița, Moldovan Prime Minister

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Kakha KUCHAVA, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament, in the European Parliament in Brussels: arrival and roundtable

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Kakha KUCHAVA, Speaker of the Georgian Parliament: arrival and roundtable

David SASSOLI, EP President meets with Irakli GARIBASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister, in the European Parliament in Brussels. Arrival and welcome. and roundtable

David SASSOLI, EP President, meets with Irakli GARIBASHVILI, Georgian Prime Minister: welcome and roundtable

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs debate on the current political situation in Georgia (continuation of the debate).

The current political situation in Georgia: MEPs debate (continuation)

During the plenary session of the European Parliament in Brussels (08-11 March 2021), MEPs debate on the current political situation in Georgia: closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of a stronger Europe in the World.

The current political situation in Georgia: closing statement by Josep BORRELL FONTELLES, High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission

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