On Wednesday 31 May, Georgian President Salome Zurabishvili called for her country to be granted candidate status for EU membership. Last June, while Ukraine and Moldova were granted this status, Georgia was granted the European perspective (see EUROPE B12978A1).
Speaking to MEPs in Brussels, the President said she was confident that her country would obtain candidate status by the end of the year. “The status will be a recognition of the people’s relentless fight for their European...