The EU Commission is expected to deliver its recommendation on whether or not the European Union should now grant Georgia candidate status on 8 November. The decision to grant Georgia candidate status hinges on 12 priorities set out by the EU for the country to fulfil before its status could be reconsidered.

While the Georgian Dream-led government insists that it has made real progress on those 12 priorities, many in Georgia remain sceptical about their commitment to the country’s EU aspirations.

This week on the Caucasus Digest, Mariam Nikuradze, OC Media’s journalist and co-director, Kakha Gogolashvili from the Georgian Foundation for Strategic and International Studies, and Politiko’s Gabriel Gavin about what to expect on 8 November.

Read more:

• Opinion | Fourteen years on Rustaveli Avenue — documenting Georgia’s descent into authoritarianism
• EU praises ‘dangerous’ amendments to Georgia’s broadcasting law
• Georgian Dream rushes through controversial amendments outlawing ‘obscenity’
• Georgian Dream fails to impeach President Zurabishvili

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