Further macro-financial assistance for Georgia

 The Commission’s opinion recalls that it agreed with Parliament’s position in both first and second reading regarding the only contentious issue: the use of the comitology procedure for the adoption of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU - the list of policy conditions) of Articles 2 and 6, where Parliament requires the use of advisory procedure without justification. The other amendments introduced by the Parliament are either editorial or reconfirm the initial Commission proposal.

However, the Commission proposes to keep a specific justification for the application of the Advisory Procedure for the adoption of a MoU. This is in line with the Commission's position on Parliament’s amendments in first reading on the proposal for a MFA for the Kyrgyz Republic, and given the conflict between the Parliament and the Council on this sensitive procedural issue, which blocks currently all MFA proposals and which requires an urgent compromise solution between the two institutions. The discussions between the co-legislators will focus on the comitology issue and the Commission is above all interested in finding a solution as soon as possible regarding the conflicting views of the Council and the Parliament concerning the application of the Advisory or the Examination Procedure for the adoption of the MoU for Georgia. The Commission will continue to propose compromise solutions.