Georgia's path toward EU membership remains steady and irreversible

By&nbspIrakli Kobakhidze, premier curate of Georgia

Published connected 01/10/2025 - 12:36 GMT+2 •Updated 12:46

As Georgia prepares for section elections connected 4 October, our state erstwhile again reaffirms its committedness to antiauthoritarian values.

These elections are a testament to nan Georgian people’s spot successful antiauthoritarian institutions and their enduring aspiration to unrecorded successful a unchangeable and modern state.

In nan astir caller parliamentary elections, nan ruling Georgian Dream statement received 54% of nan ballot — a clear awesome of nationalist assurance successful our direction.

That spot continues to grow. The October section elections are not only astir deciding who governs our cities and villages — they are astir defending a exemplary that delivers. Some governmental actors, lacking immoderate imagination beyond confrontation, are attempting to move nan antiauthoritarian process into a instrumentality for destabilisation.

But populist is not only astir protestation — it is besides astir performance. And our government’s capacity has been clear: we protect economical growth, we put successful our people, and we sphere bid successful a challenging region.

Georgia is simply a cardinal solution, not a peripheral player

Over nan past 4 years, Georgia has emerged arsenic 1 of nan fastest-growing economies successful nan wider European neighbourhood. We person delivered awesome GDP growth, brought ostentation nether control, expanded exports, and importantly strengthened nationalist finances.

These results are not accidental — they are nan merchandise of deliberate, sometimes difficult choices aimed astatine semipermanent improvement alternatively than short-term headlines. Even successful nan look of world uncertainty, Georgia has positioned itself arsenic a reliable and unchangeable partner.

Today, Georgia’s strategical value is increasing rapidly. As world proviso chains are reshaped, Georgia stands astatine nan bosom of nan Middle Corridor — nan shortest and astir unchangeable way linking European and Asian markets.

Our authorities is making bold investments to lucifer this role. The Anaklia deep-sea larboard will beryllium nan astir modern connected nan Black Sea. We are expanding and modernising transport, logistics, and integer infrastructure while unlocking our afloat imaginable arsenic a greenish power exporter.

In an era erstwhile Europe seeks strategical autonomy, power diversification, and enhanced connectivity, Georgia is simply a cardinal solution, not a peripheral player.

We connection partnership. We induce nan world organization to put successful Georgia, to activity pinch us, and to recognise nan credibility we person earned done consistency and performance.

Helping to style Europe's future

Our way toward EU rank remains dependable and irreversible. Georgia has ever been a responsible partner. We proceed to meet each obligations nether nan Association Agreement and nan Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area pinch nan EU.

We judge that our extremity of joining nan European Union by 2030 is some realistic and attainable — not conscionable because we aspire to it, but because we are doing nan activity to merit it.

We are advancing reforms pinch patience and determination, and I americium assured that, successful nan years ahead, nan attack toward Georgia will go fairer and much merit-based, reflecting some nan reforms we person undertaken and nan tangible advancement we person achieved.

Our overseas argumentation is guided by some patient principles and pragmatic considerations. The Georgian group afloat comprehend nan profound costs of warfare — 20% of our territory remains nether Russian business — and we stay unwaveringly committed to pursuing a serene resolution, afloat acknowledging that bid is nan only viable way forward.

Georgia’s way is European, peaceful, and principled. We are doing our part. We stay patient successful reform, committed to our obligations, and focused connected delivering results.

As our populist deepens and our strategical domiciled expands, we expect our European partners to spot Georgia arsenic a state that is helping to style Europe’s future.

Irakli Kobakhidze is nan premier curate of Georgia.