The European Commission's enlargement report was published, which talks about the steps taken by Georgia. According to the general assessment, Georgia is making progress on the path to membership in the European Union, - the Chairman of the Parliament of Georgia, Shalva Papuashvili, writes on the social network.

As he notes, according to the European Commission's assessment, during the past one year, Georgia recorded good progress in 12 chapters, and certain progress - in 13 chapters.

According to him, they will carefully study the expansion document and plan the future steps.

"We positively evaluate the report of the European Commission. According to the European Commission's assessment, during the past one year, out of 35 chapters, Georgia recorded good progress in 12 chapters, and some progress in 13 chapters. This is a very clear proof that despite the fact that due to the elections, Georgia had limited time for parliamentary activities and despite the constant obstruction of the opposition and the NGO sector, Georgia was taking important steps on the path of EU integration.

It should be emphasized that in the report, in the case of only one of the 35 chapters, which concerns justice and fundamental rights, according to the European Commission, there is a setback. In addition, the main reason for such an assessment in the report, the European Commission names the abolition of gender quotas, the adoption of the Transparency Law and the Law on Family Values ​​and the Protection of Minors, and the failure to hold LGBT Pride.

It should also be noted that our assessment in this chapter is equal to the assessment of Ukraine and Moldova, and in the "group of fundamental issues" in which this chapter is included, Georgia is ahead of both Ukraine and Moldova.

The fact that, at this stage, Georgia does not have a mutual agreement with the European Union on transparency and anti-LGBT propaganda laws, this is not news for our society. These laws were also one of the central issues in the elections, on which our society clearly stated its position. We will continue to discuss these issues with the European Union, taking into account the position of Georgian citizens.

In addition to the fundamental direction, Georgia is ahead of Ukraine and Moldova in the overall assessment of the internal market and competitiveness groups, which is the main essence of the European Union as an organization. It is around these issues that the European Union was created at the time, and that is why the European Union is attractive to many.

Thus, taking into account the overall assessment, Georgia is still solidly ahead of Moldova, while Ukraine is behind only in three groups - foreign relations, green agenda and resources. It should be noted here that we are even ahead of Bosnia and Herzegovina, with which accession negotiations have also started.

These 35 chapters are the European way of Georgia joining the European Union. This is a dynamic, business-like, expert process, in which Georgia has been moving forward step by step since 2014.

At the same time, we see an attempt to politicize this process by some representatives of the European Union. Everyone should understand that such a reckless approach turns European integration from a tool of cooperation into a political tool, which, unfortunately, ultimately damages the European integration process itself and the reputation of the European Union.

Here, I would like to touch on the recently frequently used term "suspension of European integration". The very fact that the European Commission worked on the enlargement document, assessed Georgia's progress and gave us recommendations, shows that this term is more of a political statement than an institutional situation. As the European Union continues to evaluate Georgia, we also continue to work on the issues envisaged by the association agreement. This is what European integration is all about. It has not stopped and will not stop. If our achievements in this process have taught us anything, it is that European integration is a job focused on long-term results, not following the momentary political conjuncture.

In the parliamentary elections, the population made a very clear choice between the hysterical politics of the opposition on the European integration process and the business-like, constructive policy of the Georgian dream, which is made taking into account the interests of the Georgian people. We have already fulfilled a large part of the Association Agreement and will fulfill 90% of it by 2028, bringing us substantially closer to EU membership.

We will carefully study the expansion document and plan future steps, taking into account the best interests of Georgian farmers, entrepreneurs, and our citizens. During the last years, Georgia has closely cooperated with the European Commission in the process of analysis of each area, and in the future we are ready to actively cooperate with the relevant institutions of the European Union for the same purpose," the chairman of the parliament wrote.