The EU's top diplomat is in Tbilisi to discuss EU integration. The Balkan State applied for candidate status in March 2022 along with Ukraine and Moldova
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00:00 The EU's doors are wide open for Georgia. That's according to the EU's top diplomat
00:06 Joseph Bouré, who arrived in Tbilisi on Thursday. He's on a two-day visit to discuss European
00:12 integration. The Balkan state applied for EU candidacy status in March 2022, but the
00:17 foreign policy chief says progress is slow.
00:22 "The European state status is not something that countries are entitled to. It needs to
00:32 be earned through serious reforms and adherence to the European Union values. And to be frank,
00:41 there is still quite a bit of work to be done."
00:48 While President Salome Zorabishvili expresses clear pro-EU views, she represents the minority.
00:54 Earlier this month she met with EU officials and reportedly pleaded with them to give Georgia
00:58 a chance, but the move was not approved by parliament and the ruling party threatened
01:03 to impeach her.
01:05 Brussels has slammed the government's pro-Kremlin stance and its attempt to adopt a foreign agents
01:10 law in March, which sparked mass protests in the capital.
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