Accession of Georgia to the European Union

The accession of Georgia to the European Union (EU) is on the current agenda for future enlargement of the EU.

This article is about accession negotiations process. For the broad perspective on relations between the European Union and Georgia, see Georgia–European Union relations.
Accession of Georgia to the European Union
StatusCandidate
Application
European perspective23 June 2022
Membership application3 March 2022
Screened & negotiations commence
Chapters closed
Memberships & Treaties
Association Agreement
Economic and monetary policy
Travel
Energy
Foreign and military policy
Human rights and international courts
International Court of Justice (ICJ)
Impact (27+1)
Population446,828,803450,731,931
Area4,233,262 km2
1,634,472 mi2		4,303,962 km2
HDI0.896
GDP (PPP)$25.399 trillion
GDP per capita (PPP)$56,928
GDP$17.818 trillion
GDP per capita$39,940
Gini30.0
Official Languages2425
Politics of Georgia
Constitution
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Local government
Administrative divisions
Election Administration
Foreign relations
Related topics
 Georgia portal

Following an application by Georgia in March 2022, the EU established Georgia's eligibility to become a member of the Union, recognizing the country as a potential candidate. On 8 November 2023, the European Commission issued an official recommendation to grant candidate status to Georgia, which was confirmed on 14 December 2023.

It is one of nine current EU candidate countries, together with Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey and Ukraine.

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