While the European Parliament and EU Council reached a compromise last week on the suspension mechanism for visa-free regimes – a compromise that will be put to the plenary vote on Thursday 15 December – the negotiators then reached agreement on Tuesday 13 December on the visa liberalisation regime that will be granted to Georgia, the outcome of which was dependent upon the suspension mechanism.
The trialogue managed to clear the way for a plenary vote in January and for definitive...