Good news for Tbilisi - they will recommend that EU governments grant candidate status to Georgia, writes POLITICO.

“Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and her 26 College colleagues meet this morning to discuss the progress Ukraine and nine other countries have made in their quests to join the EU.

Green light for Ukraine and Moldova: The commissioners’ heads of Cabinet, who gathered for their weekly Hebdo coordination meeting on Monday, already agreed on the big questions that will be covered in today’s enlargement report: They will recommend EU leaders open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova - under the conditions that the countries make rule-of-law reforms, officials told Playbook.

Good news for Tbilisi, too: They will also recommend that EU governments grant candidate status to Georgia, two officials said”, - writes POLITICO.