Friday, December 5, 2025

Merkel meets premiers of Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova

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Georgian PM Irakli Gharibashvili (left), German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and Ukraine’s PM Arseniy Yatseniuk. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The prime ministers of Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine on Wednesday met with Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel in Germany.

“We would like people to know that which road to choose, and our meeting today is held exactly for this [purpose],”

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Georgian president transfers signing power to PM

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili has transferred the right to sign an Association Agreement with EU to the prime minister for him to sign.

Who will sign the AA has been a subject of debate the last few weeks.

Government officials have

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Georgian president maintains signing power remains with him

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President Giorgi Margvelashvili could delegate signing power to Prime Minister Gharibashvili when Georgia signs an association agreement with the EU June 27, an expert on the constitution suggests. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili maintains that he should sign Georgia’s association agreement with the EU, but says he wants to avoid a dispute about the issue.

Shalva Tadumadze, parliamentary secretary of the government, said Friday

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Continued speculation about who should sign Georgia's EU treaty

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Georgia’s treaty with the EU will be signed by Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili, although he is not head of state. Will that make the treaty invalid? (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–When Georgia signs an association agreement with the European Union in late June, it will be Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili who will do the signing.

This is despite it clearly being stated in the constitution that the president is the one who signs

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Speculations about why PM is to sign Georgia's EU treaty

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Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili will sign Georgia’s association agreement with the EU, although he is not the head of state. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia’s Association Agreement with the EU will be signed by the prime minister, although he is not the head of state.

In all of EU’s 28 member states, the Association Agreement with Georgia will be signed by the head of state, which usually

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Georgia to sign EU treaty June 27

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Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council. (Interpressnews.)

TBILILSI, DFWatch–Georgia will sign an association agreement with the EU on June 27.

Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili announced the date at a meeting with Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council.

“We received confirmation that Georgia will sign the

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François Hollande arrives in Georgia to strengthen EU ties

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French President François Hollande arrived at Tbilisi airport Tuesday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–French President Francois Hollande arrived in Tbilisi Tuesday at midday.

Hollande’s visit is the last stop of a tour of the South Caucasus. He was arriving from Armenia where he spent Monday, and before that Azerbaijan on Sunday.

Arriving

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Orthodox Church against EU in Georgian parliament

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Priests demonstrated outside parliament Tuesday. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Clerics in Georgia don’t want a Europe where ‘homosexuality is legalized,’ and call on parliament to not pass an anti-discrimination law required for the signing of an association agreement with the EU.

The Georgian parliament has two more

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Steinmeier: Georgia's treaty with EU not a threat to Russia

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Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. (Interpressnews.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–Germany’s Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier says Georgia’s Association Agreement with the EU is not a threat to Russia-Georgia relations.

Steinmeier, who is visiting Georgia with his French colleague Laurent Fabius, said at a press

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Steinmeier and Fabius visiting Georgia April 23-24

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French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius. (Official photo.)

TBILISI, DFWatch–The foreign ministers of Germany and France will visit Georgia on April 23-24.

Frank-Walter Steinmeier of Germany and France’s Laurent Fabius were originally to have visited Georgia on March 3, but they both postponed due to events in Ukraine.

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