Would you support Georgia joining the European Union?

**poiuytrewq0987** · 07-15-2010, 03:55 PM

Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili expressed on Thursday his gratitude to France over its efforts to strengthen Georgia's cooperation with the European Union and NATO.

The first official round of talks on the Georgia-EU Association Agreement, which would allow further political and economic integration between Tbilisi and the union, took place in Georgia's Black Sea city of Batumi on Thursday. The document will replace the existing Partnership and Cooperation deal.

"We are very grateful to France for its efforts aimed at [Georgia's] integration with the European Union, very grateful for the constructive position regarding issues related to NATO, we are grateful over the issues related to bilateral economic cooperation, security structures in Europe, the Geneva talks [on security in the South Caucasus], and other issues," Saakashvili said after talks in Tbilisi with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner.

http://en.rian.ru/exsoviet/20100715/159827350.html

**The Lawspeaker** · 07-15-2010, 03:58 PM

No. Not because I don't consider them to be European (I think of them as "borderland" at best) but because I am in favour of getting rid of the European Union.

**hajduk** · 07-15-2010, 03:59 PM

I don't wish them to lost their national identify

**poiuytrewq0987** · 07-15-2010, 04:02 PM

Originally Posted by ranger

I don't wish them to lost their national identify

I don't really care for their national identity per se as they're not really a European country.

**anonymaus** · 07-15-2010, 04:05 PM

If Saakashvili wants to hide under NATO's skirt so badly he should claim refugee status in the West and let Georgia get on with things.

**Liffrea** · 07-15-2010, 04:07 PM

I'm sure Russia would love it.

**~~Sahson~~** · 07-15-2010, 04:09 PM

What have they done, to even become part of the union?

**Wulfhere** · 07-15-2010, 04:13 PM

Actually, thinking about it, the more mud countries that join it the better, since it will make us more likely to leave.

**antonio** · 07-15-2010, 05:07 PM

Originally Posted by Daguerreo

What have they done, to even become part of the union?

Being as Europeans as you?

Ps. Its PM -God and Saint George save him many years- has a vague resemblance on Gordon Brown.

**nisse** · 07-15-2010, 05:32 PM

Originally Posted by Asega

No. Not because I don't consider them to be European (I think of them as "borderland" at best) but because I am in favour of getting rid of the European Union.

Yes. Not because I consider them European, but because I think this will make the EU fall apart faster