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#Georgia_EU: The idea of offering EU candidate status to Georgia by the end of 2023 has both "pros" and "cons". Explaining: 1) The EU should advance Georgia's status only if it implements all 12 requirements. This is a political and technical necessity to comply with the⤵️
meritocratic principle; 2) However, the EU can choose to do so next year after the 2024 elections, requiring as a precondition the good organization of the elections. The downside of this will be the mobilization of protest votes against the EU, which the ruling party will⤵️
accuse of not complying. The attempt to adopt the “foreign agent” draft showed that the ruling party is cable to turn to an illiberal path at any time. 3) Postponing the granting of the EU candidacy, if the 12 conditions are met (at a technical level) it will run serious⤵️
#Georgia_EU: The EU published the results on the annual implementation of the Association Agreement by the government of Georgia. Progress is also assessed through the lens of the EU's application conditions. Several highlights:⤵️
1) Brussels demands results both in the Association Agreement and in the potential status of EU candidacy; 2) Three areas stand out as priorities: the rule of law, governance and human rights (in fact, these are conditions, but the EU uses the jargon of “priorities”);⤵️
3) The EU wants an inclusive reform process, hinting at the need to involve the opposition and civil society (NB: It will be curious to see if the EU will ask the same inclusiveness from the government of Moldova,⤵️
