89% of Georgians now support Georgia’s accession to the European Union, which is the highest rate in history. Such a statement made today the Ambassador of the European Union to Georgia.

“The EU is a family of 27 sovereign countries. We want to expand, we want to give other countries, including Georgia, the opportunity to join this family. It is up to Georgia to decide whether it wants to be a part of the EU or not. Whatever decision is made by Georgia, by the Georgian political elite, by the Georgian population, we respect it.

I know that 89% of Georgians now support European integration and joining the EU. This is definitely the highest rate in history. I also understand and know that joining the EU is enshrined in the Constitution of Georgia.

We, the EU, are here to help, to support and to ensure that the Government of Georgia has all the necessary support to realize this goal, but this work is for Georgians to do. We hope that the process will continue and end successfully with Georgia joining the EU. It will be a long, difficult process.

This is a process that every country that wanted to join the EU had to go through, but everything is in the hands of the Georgian political elites, and I hope that enough progress will be made in terms of reforms for the 27 member states to proceed with the next step by granting Georgia candidate status, which Georgia may receive in December, but I will repeat again that it will be based on the progress that Georgia achieves on the path of reforms”, - said Pawel Herczinsky.