“The evaluation of the European Commission regarding the Georgia questionnaire has already been prepared, and we will see it soon. At this stage, the report is undergoing political evaluations in the relevant services”, Maka Bochorishvili, chairman of the Parliament's European Integration Committee, told journalists after the meeting with the EU ambassador Pavel Herchinski.

As she mentioned, the expectation is that Georgia will have a high rating. According to Bochorishvili, at the meeting with the ambassador, she talked about the progress in the implementation of 12 recommendations and also discussed what steps can be taken by the parliament for greater integration.

"As we have heard, the European Commission's assessment of Georgia's questionnaire has already been prepared and will be published in the near future. We expect that we will have the opportunity to assess what stage Georgia is at in terms of integration with the European Union and association performance. The exact date of publication has not been announced, but we know that the report has been prepared. At this stage, it is undergoing political evaluations in the relevant services of the European Commission, and we will probably see it in the near future. The general expectation is that Georgia has quite high evaluations. It is better to wait for the publication," said Bochorishvili.

This follows the recent leak in the media when Rikard Jozwiak, the editor of the European Bureau of "Radio Liberty," who got acquainted with the draft report of the European Commission, said that in terms of meeting the technical criteria for approximation with the European Union, Georgia is well ahead of Moldova and Ukraine. The report is scheduled to be published in the second half of January.

The report will assess Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia's compliance with EU legislation in 32 areas, which the EU calls "chapters." Compliance with these "chapters" is necessary for the candidate country to start negotiations on EU membership.

Speaking about the assessment report, Jozwiak noted that "it seems that Georgia will have the best assessment, which is the result of years of pro-European and somewhat reform-oriented governments." According to him, Georgia is assessed as "averagely prepared," including in the fields of economy and finance. However, the country lags behind in the areas of law, intellectual property, and agriculture.