The European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Relations adopted Sven Mikser’s annual report on Georgia with compromise amendments.

47 MEPs voted in favour of the document, 5 opposed it, 2 abstained.

The amendments to the annual implementing report on the EU Association Agreement (AA) with Georgia prepared by several MEPs was published yesterday, November 7.

The document adopted today expresses concern over the withdrawal of the Georgian Dream from the 19 April Agreement and calls on all political forces to honour the commitments taken as part of the agreement.

The compromise version no longer includes the request to sanction Bidzina Ivanishvili. Besides, Mikheil Saakashvili’s release from prison is no longer included as a prerequisite for achieving EU candidate status.

The new version of the document “regrets that deep polarization continues to be the defining feature of Georgia’s political environment, calls on all political stakeholders to refrain from any divisive and aggressive rhetoric, and unite their forces in order not to jeopardize their key goal of Georgia’s EU membership through the implementation of ambitious democratic, judicial and anti-corruption reforms; emphasizes the need to build and increase trust among all political and institutional actors, as well as between them and the Georgian people; reiterates that the core provisions of the EU-brokered agreement of 19 April 2021 continue to present a pathway towards strengthening democracy and the rule of law and reducing polarization in Georgia and are therefore reflected in the EU-Georgia Association Agenda 2021-2027”.