Georgia formally applies for EU membership

[Wicked Blue]

Source: MSN

Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili said on Thursday that his country had officially applied for membership in the European Union.

"We are applying today for EU membership," Garibashvili said in a statement after signing the application letter, according to dpa news agency. "Georgia is a European state and continues to make a valuable contribution to its protection and development," he added.

Georgia's move comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged his country's membership amid Russia's ongoing invasion.

Both Georgia and Ukraine are former Soviet states that fear a renewed takeover by Russia.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/georgia-formally-applies-for-eu-membership/ar-AAUz8M1

[Wingus Dingus]

1. Good.

[SheltieLover]

2. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏

Smart movre!

[Wuddles440]

3. Georgia...

will be Putin's next target.

[Lonestarblue]

4. Putin has accomplished exactly what he didn't want--more former Soviet republics in the EU.

Way to go Vlad. What an idiot. He’s lost any claim to being a world leader. Now he’s a has-been and a bully trying to threaten the rest of the world.

[OAITW r.2.0]

5. Putin is quite the savvy genius, right Donald?

Well, he's not the stable genius you are, that's for sure.

[IronLionZion]

6. It takes a stable genius to appreciate a stable genius

the rest of us just won't be able to understand

[thesquanderer]

9. So much winning! (n/t)

[hlthe2b]

7. Trump will probably lash out at the Governor of GA....

[dchill]

8. LOL! Okay, that's good because it's totally plausible!

[kwolf68]

11. LOL

Really

[EndlessWire]

16. LOL! n/t

[highplainsdem]

10. Wow, what Putin started!

[maxsolomon]

12. Is it, though?

In Europe? I thought the Caucasus Mountains were in Asia.

[Wicked Blue]

13. It's considered transcontinental

Last edited Thu Mar 3, 2022, 11:31 PM - Edit history (1)

From what I found in Wikipedia, Georgia is a transcontinental country located in the Caucasus, at the intersection of Eastern Europe and Western Asia. It is a member of international organizations across both Europe and Asia, and is working on becoming a member of NATO

[maxsolomon]

14. Never got that division

They're not really separate continents.

So I will allow Georgia to join the EU. LOL.