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“The time is now: Moldova officially signs the application for membership to join the European Union,” said Maia Sandu, president of Moldova, which borders ...

“Today is a historic day for Georgia. I am signing the application for EU membership on behalf of the country,” wrote Garibashvili. The road to joining the EU is generally long and arduous, involving years of social, legal and economic reforms. On Monday, following Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heartfelt plea to the European Parliament to press for Ukraine’s membership of the EU, European Council President Charles Michel said enlargement is “a difficult subject,” upon which member countries hold “different opinions.”

Moldova officially applied for fast-track EU membership on Thursday (3 March), joining Ukraine and Georgia, its partners from the so-called Associated Trio, ...

“We want to live in peace, prosperity, be part of the free world. A summit between Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in the Georgian Black Sea city of Batumi in 2021 culminated with the signature of a declaration calling for the EU to acknowledge the perspective of these countries to become full EU members one day. Not recognised by the international community, Moscow still has a military base as well as a stockpile of some 20,000 tonnes of munitions in the Russian-backed breakaway region of Transnistria, which seceded in 1990, as well as a stockpile of some 20,000 tonnes of munitions.

Ruling party says Georgia's EU integration will boost its people's 'security and de-occupation'.

Both Georgia and Ukraine have signed association agreements with the EU designed to bring them closer together economically and politically. Georgia’s EU integration would put the country “on a path which will lead our country to a qualitative increase in our population’s wellbeing, security, and to de-occupation”, he added. “We call on the EU bodies to make an emergency assessment of our application and grant Georgia the status of an EU candidate country,” he said.

Georgia calls on the EU 'to review our application in an urgent manner and to make the decision to grant Georgia the status of an EU membership candidate,' ...

Joining the bloc can be a long and complex process that often requires major reforms to reach EU standards. - Georgian government announced its intention to apply for EU membership in 2024 last year. "It didn't work. The 69-year-old leader has called Russia's invasion a "special military operation" and said it was justified to defend Moscow-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine as well as to "de-nazify" the country which he claims is under far-right control. President Zelensky signed a request for Ukraine to join the EU 'immediately' on Monday Russia and Georgia fought a war in August 2008 over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia. Moscow continues to garrison troops there and to support another breakaway region, Abkhazia, after recognising both regions as independent states Georgia calls on the EU 'to review our application in an urgent manner and to make the decision to grant Georgia the status of an EU membership candidate,' he told a press conference. The vote was largely seen in Georgia as a window of opportunity to advance its own EU aspirations - a goal enshrined in the country's constitution. Russia and Georgia fought a war in August 2008 over the breakaway Georgian region of South Ossetia, which saw hundreds of deaths. Russian troops take position at the entrance of the flashpoint city of Gori, Georgia during Russia's invasion of regions of the country in 2008 The goal to join the bloc is enshrined in the country's constitution Georgia applies to join the EU 'immediately' days after Ukraine demanded membership of the bloc amid Russian invasion

Georgia will "immediately" apply for EU membership, the Black Sea nation's ruling party said Wednesday, a day after the European Parliament backed war-torn ...

Some observers view these countries as possible targets for the Kremlin after Ukraine. Georgia's ruling party has faced strong pressure from opposition parties to follow Kyiv's suit. Georgia calls on the EU "to review our application in an urgent manner and to make the decision to grant Georgia the status of an EU membership candidate", he told journalists.

Georgia will 'immediately' apply for fast-track EU membership, the country's ruling party said Wednesday (2 March), a day after the European Parliament ...

Moldova’s security situation is presently at risk, with Russian forces conducting military operations in Ukraine next to its borders. This semi-independent Russian speaking region already has 1500 Russian troops and East Europe's largest ammunition dump (22000 tonnes).pic.twitter.com/20n5Nu9A3v A summit between Georgia, Ukraine and Moldova in the Georgian Black Sea city of Batumi in 2021 culminated with the signature of a declaration calling for the EU to acknowledge the perspective of these countries to become full EU members one day. Georgia has found itself in a similar security situation to Ukraine in 2008, when tensions with Moscow over its pro-Western course had culminated in Russia’s invasion and the loss of 20% of territory. Tbilisi calls on the EU “to review our application in an urgent manner and to make the decision to grant Georgia the status of an EU membership candidate”, he told reporters. Georgia’s EU integration would put the country “on a path which will lead our country to a qualitative increase in our population’s wellbeing, security, and to de-occupation,” he added.